Digital Voodoo | System configuration

These components have been qualified by Digital Voodoo QA. Digital Voodoo will support these system configurations. Using configurations outside these guidelines does not guarantee system stability and will void your free technical support provided by Digital Voodoo. It is strongly recommended to stay within the guidelines provided in this document.

Standard Definition-Qualified hardware for OS 10.4.5 (Tiger)

Digital Voodoo card types

SD|Flex
SD|Edit
64RT

Apple G5 systems

Dual 2 GHz with 1GB RAM or more
Dual 2.5 GHz with 1GB RAM or more

AGP/Graphics cards

G5 machines - ATI AGP cards are recommended.

SCSI cards

Atto UL3D (using Express PCI Plus 3.2.0 drivers for OSX. These are available from www.attotech.com)

Serial Ports for RS 422

Keyspan USB (V1.8 drivers)

Disk Systems

Capture and Playback

4x Seagate Cheetah Ultra 3/160 SCSI disks. 10,000RPM or greater.
Be sure to use quality Ultra 160 SCSI cables and LVD terminators. This is one area you can not afford to cut costs in. Incorrect cabling can severely affect system performance such as dropping frames.
The Apple RAID software is recommend. It is simple to set up and use. You can find it in the disk utilities in the OS.

Standard Definition-Qualified hardware for OS 10.3.3 (Panther)

Digital Voodoo card types

SD|Edit
64RT

Apple G5 systems

Dual 2GHz with 512MB RAM or more

Apple G4 systems

(Quicksilver models)

Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more

(Mirror Door models)

Dual 867MHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1.25GHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1.42GHzwith 512MB RAM or more

AGP/Graphics cards

G4 machines - Only NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended. ATI AGP cards are currently not recommended for use. Secondary PCI graphics cards are not recommended. You can order to spec your G4 to have an NVIDIA AGP card instead of ATI when you order you G4.
NOTE: Dual head NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended if a dual monitor setup is required.

G5 machines - ATI AGP cards are recommended.

SCSI cards

Atto UL3D (using Express PCI Plus 3.1 drivers for OSX. These are available from www.attotech.com)

Serial Ports for RS 422

Keyspan USB (V1.8 drivers)

Disk Systems

Capture and Playback

4x Seagate Cheetah Ultra 3/160 SCSI disks. 10,000RPM or greater.
Be sure to use quality Ultra 160 SCSI cables and LVD terminators. This is one area you can not afford to cut costs in. Incorrect cabling can severely affect system performance such as dropping frames.
The Apple RAID software is recommend. It is simple to set up and use. You can find it in the disk utilities in the OS.

Standard Definition-Qualified hardware for OS 10.2.8 (Jaguar)

Digital Voodoo card types

64RT

Apple G4 systems

(Quicksilver models)

Dual 800 MHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more

(Mirror Door models)

Dual 867MHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1.25GHz with 512MB RAM or more
Dual 1.42GHzwith 512MB RAM or more

AGP/Graphics cards

Only NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended. ATI AGP cards are currently not recommended for use. Secondary PCI graphics cards are not recommended. You can order to spec your G4 to have an NVIDIA AGP card instead of ATI when you order you G4.

NOTE: Dual head NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended if a dual monitor setup is required.

SCSI cards

Atto UL3D (using PCI Express 1.1 drivers for OSX. These are available from www.attotech.com)
Adaptec 39160 (using Adaptec 1.2 drivers for OSX. These are available at www.adaptec.com)

Serial Ports for RS 422

Keyspan SXPRO PCI (V1.1 drivers)
Keyspan USB (V1.4 drivers)
Stealth serial port (For Quicksilver G4 models only. These are not recommended for use with the new Mirror Door G4 models)

Disk Systems

Playback only

2x Seagate Cheetah Ultra 3/160 SCSI disks. 10,000RPM or greater.

Capture and Playback/RT for Video Editing

4x Seagate Cheetah Ultra 3/160 SCSI disks. 10,000RPM or greater.
Be sure to use quality Ultra 160 SCSI cables and LVD terminators. This is one area you can not afford to cut costs in. Incorrect cabling can severely affect system performance such as dropping frames.
The Apple RAID software is recommend. It is simple to set up and use. You can find it in the disk utilities in the OS.
An alternative is Atto’s Express Stripe™ V1.2.1. available from www.attotech.com

High Definition-Qualified hardware for OS 10.2.3 (Jaguar)

Digital Voodoo card types

HD|Vengeance
HD|Fury
HD|IridiumXP
HD|Iridium

Apple systems

(Mirror Door models)

G4 Dual 867MHz with 512MB RAM or more
G4 Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more
G4 Dual 1.25GHz with 512MB RAM or more
G4 Dual 1.42GHz with 512MB RAM or more
Apple Xserve Dual 1GHz with 512MB RAM or more

NOTE: If using Dual link 4:4:4:4 or key channel, an Xserve must be used due to bandwidth constraints of the current G4 series.

AGP/Graphics cards

Only NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended. ATI AGP cards are currently not recommended for use. Secondary PCI graphics cards are not recommended. You can order to spec your G4 to have an NVIDIA AGP card instead of ATI when you order you G4.
Xserve ATI display cards have been qualified.

NOTE:Dual head NVIDIA AGP cards are recommended if a dual monitor setup is required.

SCSI cards

Adaptec 39160 (using Adaptec 1.2 drivers for OSX. These are available at www.adaptec.com)
This is the only SCSI card we have found that will do both 10-bit 1080i/29.97 and 4:4:4:4 dual link option.

Serial Ports for RS 422

Keyspan SXPRO PCI (V1.1 drivers)
Internal Xserve serial device.

Disk Systems

Capture and Playback for Video Editing

8x Seagate Cheetah Ultra 320 SCSI disks. 15,000RPM.
Be sure to use quality Ultra 320 SCSI cables and terminators. This is one area you can not afford to cut costs in. Incorrect cabling can severely affect system performance such as dropping frames.
The Apple RAID software is recommend. It is simple to set up and use. You can find it in the disk utilities in the OS.

> FAQ's

OS versions link

Standard Definition

> v10.4.5 (Tiger)

> v10.3.3 (Panther)

> v10.2.8 (Jaguar)

High Definition

> v10.2.3 (Jaguar)