NVIDIA QUANDRO FX 540 CODE 35 ON XW4300 WORKSTATION

ON THIS XW 4300 WORKSTATION RUNNING WINDOWS 7 64 BIT. ULT. THERE IS A CODE 35 ON THE QUANDRO FX540
THE BIOS VERSION I SEE IS 786D3 VOL.05 (don't really what that is) compared to what I see on the website.
LAST THING I TRIED WAS TO DOWNLOAD THE DRIVER VERSION 307.45 FROM NVIDIA CORP. YET I STILL HAVE THIS MESSAGE........Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update. (Code 35)
HOW CAN I RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, CAN SOMEONE DIRECT ME?
I KNOW THIS AN OLD MACHINE BUT I'M NEW TO THIS, PLEASE HELP.
ANDS..

Hi:
You may also want to post your question on the HP Business Support Forum -- xw Workstations section.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-z-series-xw-series/bd-p/bsc-272#.UvJejemPK9I

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Refurbished Mac Pro 8-core 2.8GHz Intel Xeon
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
2GB (2 x 1GB) of 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM
320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
16x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (two dual-link DVI ports)
Mac Pro 8-core 2.8GHz $2399
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nplm=FA 970LL/A
BOTTOM LINE if you ignore price and want the best, you are looking at $5700 - 7,300 range for your ideal Lightwave 3D workstation I think. Skip on the 3.2GHz to save $1600 and put it toward the Quadro FX 5600.

Mac Pro GPU Accelerator

Premiere CS3 and AE are not fast at all at rendering. I believe this is because its rendered on the CPU. A few questions on this..
- I heard final cut uses the GPU to render, is this true?
- In premiere is there a way to switch to GPU rendering, not just "GPU Acceleration" which doesn't seem to do much.
- Is this technology simply just too new?
- I have the ati radeon 1900xt. Would I benefit from a newer card? Or would that allow pure GPU rendering? Is it a matter of having a different graphics card, or is it software settings, drivers, etc. that hold back the GPU for video renders?
I also saw this, http://elementaltechnologies.com/products.php?id=5 is this the only way?

Notice this in that link:
*NVIDIA Quadro* graphics processing unit (GPU)
However,
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Featuring a massive 1.5GB frame buffer of GDDR3 memory, the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 is the ultimate workstation-level graphics card. It’s ideal for industrial-strength 3D design work, modeling, animation, and stereo 3D visualization. One of the most advanced graphics cards available, it has an integrated stereo 3D port, so you can use stereo goggles for stereo-in-a-window visualization applications. With two dual-link DVI ports, you can connect two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays. - Apple Store
The Quadro FX 5600 ($2700) does feature more video memory (1.5GB vs 512MB). And, according to one Maya guru, the extra memory (and superior memory management code) of the Quadro workstation cards becomes useful for frame buffering in Maya. This is especially true for redraw of multiple views of the same complex 3D model.
This has been enhanced further by Quadro FX 5600's new integrated memory allocation which allows the card to dynamically allocate on-board RAM to whatever task is at hand rather than have specific hard wired allocations. So rather than say a maximum of 40% of total on-board RAM dedicated to the texture buffer the card can ramp up and down from 80% sharing with the immediate needs of the other buffers. http://www.barefeats.com/york2.html
*Radeon 3870* (requires 10.5.3+)compared to X1900
http://www.barefeats.com/harper16.html
Other things to look at that you can do:
More RAM, faster drives and scratch RAID, updating to 10.5.4 (the Radeon 3870 and Nvidia 8800GT both require 10.5.3+).
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401089
http://homepage.mac.com/boots911/.Public/PhotoshopAccelerationBasics2.4W.pdf
The GTX 280 or Radeon HD 4870 X2, (Windows only, don't work in OS X due to lack of EFI firmware).
ATI has optimized their Mac Edition drivers and firmware for the Radeon 2600 XT and 3870 so that they run Core Image effects much faster than comparable nVidia cards including the GeForce 8800 GT and Quadro FX 5600.
http://www.barefeats.com/harper19.html
GPGPU will probably see more use in the future. Adobe plans to add such a feature to the next version for Windows ("*CS4 Stonehenge*") http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37643/128/

HD Playback in Premiere CS4

OK, I don't want to sound like a broken record here. I know there's plenty of problems with HD playback on CS4 regardless of the system you're on, but I can't see a reason why I'm still having stutter / slow playback on this system:
HP xw4300 Workstation with Windos XP SP3
Nvidia Quadro FX 1400
4 CPU 3.4GHz
RAID 0 with 2 new hitachi 7200 RPM 640GB drives
Speed test says average transfer for the RAID is 200MB/s, which (from what I understand) should be more than enough for an AVCHD 60i stream. I also tried to capture via Blackmagic Intensity with the same results.
Some folks say it's CPU, others say drive speed, others say it's a problem with CS4 displaying interlaced footage. I can see now why this is enough for some folks to switch to FCP. RIght now, I'll take any answer. Help!

OK, that makes you disk setup a lot clearer. From what you posted and what I read, you only had 2 Hitachi disks raided. Hence my remark and this shows again that we can only read what you and others write and if that information is incomplete, it may lead responders to draw false conclusions.
In a previous system I had a P4 3.4 GHz and while editing HDV was somewhat possible, it was taxing on the system, in my case causing temperature problems and PSU (power supply unit) problems. AVCHD is a completely different animal and despite what Adobe says, IMO requires at least a finely tuned i7 system that is somewhat OC'ed to around 3.6 GHZ to be able to edit that material in a decent way. You will still not get any real fluid, RT experience, but you can get by.
The problem is that AVCHD is a good delivery format, but a lousy format to edit. Salespeople do not know that, or do not tell prospective buyers that even though the cameras are relatively cheap, it is completely offset by the required investment in PC hardware to edit the material. IMO a Canon HV40 is a much better investment for around the same price as a comparable AVCHD camera, but much nicer on your PC budget and your editing experience.

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