14 DSP -vs- 15 DSP system

[garyb]

you can look at manufacture dates, but if the card has a z-link, Plus or Classic20 i/o plate, it's almost certainly a 2nd gen card. if iut has a 24ADAT or was converted from a 24ADAT plate, then it's almost certainly a 1st gen card.

[next to nothing]

And, if i am not mistaken, all 14DSP cards are second gen?

[garyb]

yes, that's correct!

[ehasting]

If only using scope as external hardware.. Not using asio drivers, will 1gen board have higher latency then pulsar2?

[garyb]

if it's by itself, yes!

but latency only applies to sequencers and the like. all Scope cards, regardless of age are realtime in stand alone mode.

[ehasting]

Thank you!

Great to know!

What could be nice is to get screenshot (both sides) of both 14-dsp and 15-dsp so we can see the different. I have asked google for such, but he is not giving me any proper picture of 2gen card on the back!


Rgs
Egil

[Fluxpod]

Difference is easy to spot.Missing dsp on the upper side of the card.

[ehasting]

Thanks a lot!! that means basically all picture out on google is actually the 1.gen card.. even its adds. for 2.gen
Now i know that i am about to get a 1.gen card

[hewlet]

I have both version, they look identical, but the 15 DSP card have 1 extra DSP chip and 2xram on both side.

[sethius]

Thanks a lot for that..!!

..and just for clarification, gen 1 cards behave like gen 2 cards (ULLI) if there is a gen 2 card in the system?

..if so, will the IO on the gen 1 cards behave like gen 2 cards as well (ULLI)?

Cheers.

[garyb]

yes, if there is a gen 2 card, then the system will do low latency(down to 2-3ms, i use 4ms).

the gen 1 card will decrease avaialble pci resources.....

[next to nothing]

I would really recommend to keep them all 2.gen. the extra cash is worth it.