What motherboard for multi-core ?

[vompatti]

Hi all,

LabVIEW 8.5 with the multi-core capability seems like a nice idea, so I'd like to move my application to a multi-core machine.

I have four PCI-devices: R-series FPGA card, GPIB-card, Video capture card, and a normal DAQ card.

I can imagine dropping the DAQ card, but that still leaves three PCI cards.

Now looking at what my computer vendor has to offer the most PCI-slots I have seen on a multi-core(I'd like to go with a quad-core Q6600) ready motherboard is two!

So anyone know of any qoad-core compatible motherboards with 3 or 4 conventional PCI-slots ?

The other (expensive!) option ofcourse is to get new PCI-e cards, does NI have those?

regards,
-A

[PhillipBrooks]

NI has a PCIe version of the GPIB board for the same price as a PCI version;

https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/model/pcie-gpib.html

[vompatti]

Now my computer guy recommends an "Intel DG33FBC" motherboard which should have 3 conventional PCI slots.

I'll have to think about the PCIe version of the GPIB card if I want all four cards in the computer then...

-A

[PhillipBrooks]

One other idea, use an external PCI expansion chassis. This one has a PCI Express host adapter and 4 PCI slots.

http://www.magma.com/products/pci/4PCI/index.html