Ok so here we are.
I bought 2 controller cards based on
NEC uPD720201 (RENESAS/NEC)-One with
2 ports and a 19 internal pin header
-the other with
4 portsAfter Driver updates, and firmware update and some troubles I finally got
6 Camera at 60fps, no drop.Now information for you guys :-------------------------------
About the cards :http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0091T8 ... UTF8&psc=1http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00B27XP8O/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1(Amazon France)
These card seems generic cards, with rebranding, so on your area (not France) they should be named otherwise.
What's important is the
chipset :
NEC uPD720201There is a uPD720202 on the driver page, so there may be other cards with it, no idea
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About the troubles I had.First get the latest driver here :
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/renesas.htmInstall
ONE card,
Install Drivers, then update it's firmware.
Shutdown and :
SWAP with the
SECOND card.
Then update it's firmware also.
Shutdown
install (physically)
BOTH card.
You should be good now (let's hope so)
( i actually spend the whole morning... ) Had some Code 10 error etc...
I am on Windows 7 Pro btw
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NotesIf you install (physically) both card the firmware updater will tell you
there is 2 cards and
won't be able to update.
Once I had the Molex connector off, and I was still able to run 2 cameras (on that card) at 60fps.
I guess USB3 need it, but not USB2 based hardware.You cannot run 4 cameras one 1 card on Pci-e 1.14 cameras on the same card is around
25fps.3 Cameras on the same card is around
35 fps(this is on my system, you may have a different experience as I don't have a Pci-e 2.0 I am running on a 2009 very high end card, but still with 1.1 Pci-e)
I had to get rid of a Raid controller I had on one of my pci-e ~_~
It was not working on the last port shared with the 690 GTX, that probably sucks all the bandwidth and power to it's twin pci-e port (that is particular to my motherboard, the first Intel board with SLI)
So that's it. I still have to start using and discovering the software, but at least the hardware is ready.