No matter which board you get, could you not just get a PCI-E card?
eg. https://us-store.msi.com/Thunderbolt-4-PCIe-Expansion-Card
That way you aren't beholden to overpriced 'pro' motherboards only.

* seems to require a mb header connector so that limits the boards you can use. *sigh*

Assumed the header was just for front port connectivity.

 

Last edited: Nov 29, 2024

Man, we understand us

I also read a bit about Bluecat Patchwork or something similar.
I read that they´re working hard on the multicore support and latest versions should work.

It´s still a matter of time, that the other softwares use more cores.
He uses East West Cloud for the Orchestral Projects and also use "RenderInPlace" or the Ableton freeze function.

Ah PS:
I got a email from Asrock, before few minutes.
They corrected their Answer:

ASRock Support

Sorry for the late response.

I had another consultation with my colleagues at headquarters about this.

We have installed the ASM4242 chip here and it also supports TBT3 via USB4.

Unfortunately I didn't have this information when I last replied. (That's why I only meant USB4 functionality)


Since we do not officially offer TBT3 support, we can unfortunately only give a limited statement as to whether all TBT3-capable devices work correctly or whether there are limitations.

At least according to feedback from my colleagues, the UAD Apollo should work here.


Otherwise, these models would be available on the AMD 600 mainboards, which can be used with an extra TBT4 card:

However, there are a few limitations with AMD mainboards - which probably don't affect the UAD Apollo)

See the information about this in the link:

https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=Thunderbolt 4 AIC R2.0#SupportList


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But i think we continue the intel way, because of the lane sharing in the 870 Boards.

Next Edit :
Got the final feedback from Asrock Support.
Thunderbolt 3 compatibility
No Lane sharing.
So the GPU should keep the pcie 16x

With this information. AND when the UAD would be mine. I would test the AMD setup.
But we ordered the Core 7 Ultra 265k because of the future Compatibility and UAD Support for his studio.

Will continue to report here how the Intel manages the project

 

Last edited: Dec 2, 2024

The X870/X870E works with Thunderbolt. https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.php?p=17198562&postcount=22864

 

Last edited: Dec 5, 2024

From what i read, i would also consider now to go with AMD.
It really seems to be save for UAD

Now, that i didn´t work on this "problem" for few days i see this more relaxed.
but when i searched and configured the setups, i rly had some "shit in my pant" :D

I hope the Ultra 7 will do some good work in heavy Projects. But i think he will do after the latest upcoming Bios Updates

 

UPDATE -
We installed the PC 1 week ago.
Everything worked well.
Because we used a watercooled system the PC is really quit.

PC is running fast and stable. No suprises.
My friend told me that he is super happy and the Games run in Ultra.

His Ableton Projects also are working. But we had super big trouble to run Ableton 12. It always crashed while starting.
Ableton 11 works well.
We try to solve this with the Ableton support. It´s a legal version.
But for me really tricky. Complete new PC and Ableton 12 not working.

At this time i dont have comparisons or benchmark.
Next time when i visit him i try to have a look at the taskmanager in heavy projects.

 

Some users who have crashes with version 12 recommend the following:

How to reset Live
Resetting Ableton Live returns the application to its default state. Performing a reset of Live can help rule out any problematic custom settings or template files when troubleshooting.
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209070609-How-to-reset-Live

Resetting Live's Database
Resetting the Live Database may help resolve the following issues and errors.
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/a...9.ELwkbZEqIk54ZY4_EtT8aa382E5atcveCs94J80uFqs

 

hey hey Thank you Radio.
We tried a few steps.
But i didn´t had the time to visit my friend, since we made his PC-

Hopefully i can visit him in the next month and then i try to get some Benchmarks and a running Ableton 12^^