I am successfuly using a GB7XIE board, Rev.
1.1.
It has a configuration like:
AGP: G400Flex3D
PCI4 (next to PCI5; Next to AGP is 5): RT2000
PCI3: Tekram DC395 SCSI card
PCI2: 10/100BaseTX ethernet card
PCI1: Yamaha DX-SG sound card
ISA2 (farthest): Adaptor for a PC card/FD combo
USB: Craetive Webcam Go
Win 98 lies in Drive C.
Installing Win 98 in other drives (with C in Fat16,
E in NTFS, etc) with RT2000 card was successful,
but it was impossible to install RT2000 video tools.
Firewire control of Sony WV-D700 (DV/VHS
double deck)
is sucessful both for capture and export.
However, initially, the control was unsuccessful.
So, I used (and am still using) a DVRaptor to
capture video with another PC; then, transfer the
video file either via LAN or a removable HDD.
Canopus software codec (for DVRaptor) must be
installed with the RT2000 PC.
Most of many other problems were solved
through the
official Forum, reseller, and
http://www.videoguys.com/RT2000_tech.htm
I use DVMPEG to create an MPEG2 file within
Premiere.
Without this Korean software, you only get
an MPEG2-
equivalent AVI file. This is normally
useless, if you
don't have Matrox Video Player, which was
not included
in the RT2000 package. You may use Ulead
Media Studio
Pro 6 with RT2000 to create a m2p file.
Fast Track66 is unnecessary. Single
UltraDMA4 (ATA66)
HDDs work fine.
The PC with the DVRaptor card has a Mylex DAC960 SCSI
raid card, which is used only for OS and applications
and not for video. Video capture and edit are done on
a single SCSI2 HDD.
Good luck.
--Previous Message--
: I have just bought an Athlon based
: system with the above m/b because
: it is listed in the compatible
: m/b's in Matrox site. Has anybody
: actually tried this with a
: Fasttrack or without for RT2k
: editing
: Thanks
: Chris