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Re: NG X5000 Advice
« on: May 12, 2017, 01:05:29 AM »
@djomre

i love my X5000, but if you're new to NG, i'd highly recommend you try AOS4 via UAE first, even though it is terribly slow in comparison, just to make sure you like it. the X5000 is not cheap, but for me, it's massively worth it. i can run all the 68K software i love, new software like sketchblock or digital universe; play HD videos and stream internet radio; and play great games like huenison and MACE.

it's not perfect. i would have preferred support for USB3 -- although that's more an issue with AOS4 than the X5000 itself. and there's no dual video-card support at the moment, so i can't drive more than one display. i'd also like to have more than one x16 PCI-e slot. all that said, though, the performance is awesome. the expansion options are great. and i love AOS4 and the native and 68K software that i can run on it. so i'd say if you have the spare cash, you'll love it.

any other X5K owners wanna chime in here? :)

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Re: NG X5000 Advice
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2017, 04:13:44 PM »
@djomre

as an actual owner of a X5000 and other NG machines (as opposed to someone who isn't), the support from A-EON, hyperion, and acube has been terrific IMO. the only area that i think wasn't so great was the lack of an on-board ethernet driver for the X1000 and the X5000 -- we're still waiting for those, and i don't have much confidence we'll ever see them. otherwise it's been fine, including performance and bug-fix updates for years.

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Re: NG X5000 Advice
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2017, 05:19:23 PM »
@Acill

they are PCI-e slots, not PCI-X. and precisely what hardware support is missing that you keep mentioning? AFAIK the only thing missing is the on-board ethernet driver and SMP support.

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Re: NG X5000 Advice
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2017, 05:48:41 PM »
@Acill

fair enough. we'd all like things to move more quickly. we only now have a terrific 3D infrastructure in the past months. thankfully more is coming on that front, and more. anyway -- we'll just have to see how it plays out. for now, i'm lovin' my X5000 as-is! :)

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