I use the ECS P6S5AT motherboard. It supports DDR 2100, PC133 ram types, up to a pentium 3 1.13 (maybe faster, not sure), AGP 4x, AMR slot and 5 PCI. The Buss is 66/100/133 and if you use the DDR RAM it works at 200/266. No ISA slots though. :( That's he only motherboard I have right now, and you probely want an Athlon XP/MP or P4/Zeon one, huh?

Is this a fast machine? I am used to running up to 25 tracks of audio and not bogging down machine. How many tacks have you achieved and is this slow at renders. Thanx for your help here. ; )
David

Asus A7V266 here, you cant go wrong with Asus
regards
Si

Yes, it is fast.

With regard to your questions, I have not had Vegas long enough to know the specifics to your questions.

I can say that I ran Pinnacle Studio, which is a resource hog, quite well. In other words, I have not wanted for lack of CPU power.

I saw someone else posted about ASUS boards. They are also a good brand, so I have heard. Soyo motherboards, tend to have a high rate of "issues." I had one with no trouble, however, many people have had trouble.

So, yes mine is a fast machine, but I have not had Vegas long enough to do too much, but we are rapidly getting there. And yes, ASUS is a good motherboard brand too. No motherboard/Intel/AMD wars here!!! :)

Thank you.

I just got the ASUS P4PE with a 2.53 gig Pentium 4 and I LOVE it! It also supports PC2700+ RAM and I just bought PC3500 for overclocking. This MB overclocks very well and very easily.

I have an asus cuv4x-D dual mobo with via 694 chipset I believe it is. I am having stuttering probs when recording audio when the preview monitor is being used. Close it and no prob. Very strange. It did not do this with vegas 3. ASIO??
So Yes I agree it is a great company but I am kinda stuck here trying to figure what to do with my dual intel 1 gig cpus. ; (
Sonic has nothing to report on this prob either.

I'll throw my Tyan Tiger 2466 into the ring. When our company's computers were built, our IS guy researched a lot of hardware and ultimately picked the Tyan. Never had a problem with Vegas.

What kind of load does your company put on your rigs? In the audio field our studio will see up to 30 some tracks. Not full waves across time line but for dubing sake.
Any idea? Thanx for your great ring toss. ; )
David

Another stable rig for Vegas 3/4:

WinXP home
AMD XP 2000+
Asus A7V333 mobo
512 DDR RAM
Echo Gina 20 bit audio card
SB Live (MIDI)

I haven't maxed this machine out in Vegas or Sonar. I'm not sure what its capable of speedwise; I'm more interested in stability at this point. Good luck in your search.

G

I agree. I upgraded to the P4PE a few weeks ago and I'm loving it. Very flexible and stable board.

Mark

Maestro. What cpus are used in the tyans and how hard have you put a load on it while watching cpu meters.Tracks, etc?
Thanx ; )
David

Sorry I didn't answer this sooner--busy day at work. :(
Interestingly enough, the software we write utilizes distributed processing to run analysis scenarios--very much like a render farm. All of our machines are dual Athlon 1800s, and some of the analyses our modeler comes up with can stress every machine in the office with both processors pegged for three days straight. How's that for a load?
The only problem we've seen is that the Athlons tend to run hot, so you've got to make sure all the cooling fans are in good order or it's blue screen city.
Let me know if you'd like further info!

-Maestro