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I need to send 10 separate ( layers in Resolume) 1080/720 outputs to 10 LED TV’s. I am not sure if it would be possible to extend ALL outputs on my 1080 as per the spec below. Wondering if anyone has attempted or had any joy with something similar?

GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X
1 MINI DISPLAY - - (3) MATROX TRIPLEHEAD
1 TYPE-C - - (3) MATROX TRIPLEHEAD
1 HDMI - - (4) DATAPATH FX4

RESOLUME ARENA
MSI GT73VR 6RF TITAN PRO
SKYLAKE i7-6700HQ 3.5
32 GB DDR4
512GB SSD

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I would use three datapaths, but you can have two tripleheads on one system and your only using 3 outputs so this should work. Now your biggest problem is going to be native content and the amount of drives you can have. I think your GFX card won't be the bottle neck i think it will be the amount of read speed you have.

drazkers wrote: the amount of read speed you have.

On that laptop (msi gt73vr titan) there should be three slots for NVMe M.2 SSDs. The factory configuration of the standard set of two of those should be RAID 0. If the source material is video files/animations then their bitrate will affect the playback.

diedraaitafeljafel wrote: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Any shared experience from using this setup will be very welcome

dobro wrote:

drazkers wrote: the amount of read speed you have.

On that laptop (msi gt73vr titan) there should be three slots for NVMe M.2 SSDs. The factory configuration of the standard set of two of those should be RAID 0. If the source material is video files/animations then their bitrate will affect the playback.

diedraaitafeljafel wrote: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Any shared experience from using this setup will be very welcome

512 seems low for a raid 0. The key is finding out what was actually purchased. If it's truely a ssd as mentioned or m.2 drives.

Personally, I would use the following, as I don't have the budget for all of those Datapaths and adapters...
This solution is about the same cost as 1 Datapath:

(1) Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe chassis $229 USD:
https://www.akitio.com/expansion/thunder3-pcie-box

(1) 8 channel SDI PCIe card $945 USD:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... s/W-DLK-30

(10) SDI to HDMI converter $85 each USD ($850 total USD):
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONU-03

(2) HDMI to SDI converter $170 USD:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONU-02

(1) Mini Display to HDMI adapter with HDMI cable $16 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Min ... NCNP4?th=1

(1) 1,000' spool of Belden 1694a HD-SDI cable $437 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-Serial-Di ... ords=1694a

(20) 1694a Connectors $14 each USD ($280 total USD)
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-1694ABHD1 ... connectors

(1) BNC compression tool $106 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-CPLCCT-SL ... n+bnc+tool


Total: $3,033 USD (Does NOT include taxes and shipping. Amazon has free 2 day shipping with Prime BTW)


This solution is good for 100' SDI runs. If you need your runs to be 200', you'll need another spool of cable ($437)
If your cable runs exceed 300' You will need 1794a Cable $900 USD per 1,000' spool (with 1794a ends not 1694a ends):
http://www.markertek.com/product/bl-179 ... AsNT8P8HAQ

or SDI DA's $200 USD per unit:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONM-13

Hopefully this can be of some help to you.
Honestly.... If you're going PCIe, mind as well build a rackmount PC around it.

dinga wrote:Personally, I would use the following, as I don't have the budget for all of those Datapaths and adapters...
This solution is about the same cost as 1 Datapath:

(1) Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe chassis $229 USD:
https://www.akitio.com/expansion/thunder3-pcie-box

(1) 8 channel SDI PCIe card $945 USD:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... s/W-DLK-30

(10) SDI to HDMI converter $85 each USD ($850 total USD):
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONU-03

(2) HDMI to SDI converter $170 USD:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONU-02

(1) Mini Display to HDMI adapter with HDMI cable $16 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Min ... NCNP4?th=1

(1) 1,000' spool of Belden 1694a HD-SDI cable $437 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-Serial-Di ... ords=1694a

(20) 1694a Connectors $14 each USD ($280 total USD)
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-1694ABHD1 ... connectors

(1) BNC compression tool $106 USD:
https://www.amazon.com/Belden-CPLCCT-SL ... n+bnc+tool


Total: $3,033 USD (Does NOT include taxes and shipping. Amazon has free 2 day shipping with Prime BTW)


This solution is good for 100' SDI runs. If you need your runs to be 200', you'll need another spool of cable ($437)
If your cable runs exceed 300' You will need 1794a Cable $900 USD per 1,000' spool (with 1794a ends not 1694a ends):
http://www.markertek.com/product/bl-179 ... AsNT8P8HAQ

or SDI DA's $200 USD per unit:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... /W-CONM-13

Hopefully this can be of some help to you.
Honestly.... If you're going PCIe, mind as well build a rackmount PC around it.

Rackmount for sure, but this is totally a valid solution. If he planned on renting for a one off then this may be out of budget. I kinda assumed it was a rental gig as most installs don't want laptops because of security.

A few notes:

• * Datapath Fx4 is on sale in the US for $1,795: http://www.datapath.us/fx4-datapath.php
  * Take a look at the Belden 1505A cable as well.
  * 1694a Connectors should be about $2.50/unit not $14
  * I tend to prefer this cable rather than using an adapter and cable.
  * OWC just announced their Mercury Helios 3 at the 2017 NAB show so I would look into that as well: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/20/ow ... -gpu-raid/

^ NICE!!

my bad, I was looking at the price for the 4k option