Powercore Pci Mkii? Options

[seabass069]

Does anybody have this PCI card installed on their mac? If so, is it worth the $1200 price tag? What are the advantages of the card?

[Dr. simonjbinks]

Seabass069: I had the Powercore #1. It was a peice of crap. It slowed down my G5 2x2 (Logic-2.5 gig RAM, MOTU HD 192, etc) and I got nothing but crackles and pops. I tried sorting it out with TC online but these guys are pricks - one in particular. It seems they have a company policy never to admit to a problem until they have a fix.

After months of hagggling, noise and slow computing, Sweetwater, from whom I purchassed it, offered a complete refund. Note that Sweetwater did but TC didn't.

The effects aren't that great. I found myself using Space Designer more than either of the TC reverbs and after the M5000, the reverbs were why I bought the PowerCore.

Now that it's out of my system, my computer is that much faster - more tracks, more effects - I can run 4 or 5 Space Designers and 30 or 40 tracks. Maybe more - I haven't reached a limit.

I'm not sure if they fixed the proglem with PowerCore 2 but I find it interesting that Sweetwater offered a complete refund, not a replacement with a P/C 2.

My advise? Don't even walk past the TC office. You're likely to catch something.

[DANO10]

I am running a Powcore PCI mlII, an original PCI and a Powercore Element. My machine is a G5 dual 2.5 GHz wth 4 GB SDRAM. The Powercores do not affect the speed of machine or limit its track count. They have thier own CPUs so that they don't cause such problems. Any need I've had for support has been dealt with quickly and efficiently by the TC support team. Myself, I love these plugs. They are world class as far as I'm concerned.

DANO10

This post has been edited by DANO10: Tue 4 Apr 2006, 14:52