fas 0 Posted January 17, 2009 I have an upcoming install that requires: - 32 cameras - up to 50 or more users possibly remotely viewing certain cameras I normally do not use pc based dvr's. However, due to the amount of users logging in I think in this situation I have to, as it is my only cost effective option. I haven't set one up in ages, and was wondering if the specs below will work with the new 8.3 software and 2 1480 pci cards installed on a single dedicated pc. I want to keep it simple and have one pc doing the job. Here are the specs, please let me know if they are overkill and I can get away with less, or not enough and I need more. XPS 420 Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9450 (12MB Cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB) Operating System Genuine Windows XP PRO Memory 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs Video Cards ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI OS & Software Hard Drive 500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache 2 Seagate SV Series 1 TB Hard Drives Optical Drive Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fas 0 Posted January 19, 2009 How about these: Operating System: * Microsoft® Windows XP Professional Processor & Memory: * Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9300 at 2.50GHz * 6MB L2 cache * 1333MHz Front Side Bus * 4GB DDR2 800MHz SDRAM memory (2 x 2GB) Drives: * 750GB (7,200RPM) Hard Drive * 20X DVD±/RW Drive * 19-in-1 Multimedia digital card reader Graphics & Video: * Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7050 graphics Communications: * 10/100 Mbps LAN network interface Audio: * Onboard VIA VT1708B 8-ChannelAudio * Multimedia Stereo Speakers (2 pieces) Expandability: * Two 5.25" Exposed (1 occupied) * Two 3.5" Exposed (1 occupied) * Four 3.5" Hidden (1 occupied) Ports and Slots: * 6x USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 rear) * 1x 6-Channel Audio I/O jack * 1x RJ-45 connector * 2x PS/2 connectors * 1x Parallel port * 1x Com port * 1x VGA port * 1x PCI-E 16x slot (1 available) * 1x PCI-E 1x slot (1 available) * 2x PCI 2.2 32-bit PCI bus slots (2 available) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
what2be 0 Posted January 27, 2009 few problems I see.. As far as I know, you can only put one geovision card per computer. I have 2 1480's and have them in 2 seperate computers. These are the pci cards. Maybe with the pci express cards you can put 2 in one computer? Upon further reading, i see you can put 2 2004 or 2008 cards (4 port and 8 port) into one pc. These cards actually have hardware encoding on them as well as d1 quality. Of course, if you want a 16 cam card, you can buy a single 1480 card if your willing to live with 16 cams at 480fps (30fps @ 320x240) second, geovision states in their product info that the cards will not work in ati or via chipset motherboards (not a big deal) , but they also state that windows 64 bit os support is NOT compatible. That is a problem and why im on this forum at the moment. I wanted to see if anyone was running vista or xp 64 bit. So, in your case, the 4 gigs ram is a waste since 32 bit os's can only support up to 3 gigs of ram. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fas 0 Posted January 27, 2009 Here are my updated specs: INTEL C2Q 2.66ghz Intel Q45 board with 10/100/1000 and High Definition 8.1 Audio 3GB 800MHZ MEMORY WD 160GB 72K SATA2 8400GS 512MB RAM VIDEO CARD LITEON 20X DVDRW BLACK DH-20A4P-04 All Intel Chipsets With the new version 8.3 coming out you can install 2 1480 cards in one pc. One of them must be a pci express. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlindBleu 0 Posted January 30, 2009 Here are my updated specs: INTEL C2Q 2.66ghz Intel Q45 board with 10/100/1000 and High Definition 8.1 Audio 3GB 800MHZ MEMORY WD 160GB 72K SATA2 8400GS 512MB RAM VIDEO CARD LITEON 20X DVDRW BLACK DH-20A4P-04 All Intel Chipsets With the new version 8.3 coming out you can install 2 1480 cards in one pc. One of them must be a pci express. One note, I am running 2 GV 1480 PCI (not PCI Express)cards in a Dell System right now, with version 8.3 software. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hardcore 0 Posted January 30, 2009 I runned 2 GV 800 PCI with V8.3 version. Works very well, but it has some bugs with remote access.. I think it will be fixed in the official version ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites