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pwppch wrote on 6/14/2000, 2:18 AM
The driver issue is the big thing. While Echo has released a beta
driver set for the Layla, I have had a lot of trouble getting it to
install correctly. I admit this has a lot to do with the numerous
hardware that I constantly move in and out of my machines. I did run
some tests with the new drivers with the Layla being the only card
installed (actually had a USB device installed as well) and Vegas ran
as expected.

As far as performance, it is equal with NT as far as I have seen. The
advantage is the dual CPU. A dual CPU machine really lets Vegas - and
ACID - shine, expecially in a multi bus to multi port hardware setup.

While NT 4 is good and there are drivers, there is no generic support
for DV capture hardware, and Vegas Video does not support anything
other than Win2000 and Win98SE when it comes to DV capture.

You might start experimenting with it, but install Win2000 into its
own partition and keep it away from your working Win9x install. I do
this very nicely with System Commander.

Peter


Charles de Montebello wrote:
>>Does anyone have any advice as to whether or not it's worth
>>it to upgrade to W2K in terms of performance with Vegas or
>>ACID or Sound Forge? I know right off the bat I'm going to
>>have driver issues with the Layla...
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Charles.
georgeski wrote on 6/14/2000, 9:08 AM


Yup,
I second that, the driver issue is ther main obstacle. I have a
Dakota card with associated Tango A/D, I can't run it on W2K.
Currently I have a separate PC running W2k with 2 processors. This
was in the hope that multi processor technology would give me a huge
boost in speed. To tell the truth, and I'm not a systems expert, I
don't see much of a difference in performance between the W2K system
(Dual Processor 256MB, fastrak ide drives) and my Win98SE system
(single processor over-clocked, with a scsi drive setup). Win98SE
even though limited in some respects, is tried and true. I think
we're going to have to allow a little time for W2K and associated
apps to mature (maybe service release 1). W2K promised a lot
(multimedia-wise), as yet I don't think they've delivered. Just an
opinion.
George
Open Doors