Done

No, sorry, I think I just slapped “update” on this post too, while the one that’s relevant is this one: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/linux@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/975714/just-a-little-update-effed-by-the-archaic-geforce-gt-220-somehow

Thanks! Another two sticks of 8GB x 2 are on their way 🤣

Yes yes I have matched their latencies and speeds 😜

Update: thank you ALL for all your input! 💐 After some back and forth with @thorry@feddit.org , I decided to simply swap between the two capture cards whenever I need to, in order to make room for my old 3080 and call it a day. This way, I won’t have to spend any more money on this project and I retain the processing power of the 3080 when I start encoding my raw captures.

Thanks. God I love playing around with different solutions! 😁

Holy crap that is/looks hilarious 🤣 And also thank you 🥰 now I won’t have four SATA ports doing nothing. 💪

My CPU doesn’t have an integrated GPU.

Thanks! You just gave me two ideas:

1. I already have all the hardware I need: if I do as you say, and only work with one capture card at a time - namely, FireWire or VGA - I can simply swap them whenever I need to. Cards as small as these won’t be to much of a hassle to swap, especially since the side of the case/chassi simply pops off/comes off with a click. I would then be able to use my 3080 and call it a day. And have huge processing power.
2. I could just buy an ATX chassi and put the 3080 at the bottom, thus fitting all the cards.
3. Bonus: I too have an HDMI to USB capture card, but that’s for digital only. The whole reason that I bought the card at the top is because it takes digital and analog. Which sounded cool.

I think I’ll try #1 before investing any more money at the moment. Again, thank you so much for taking your time! 🥰

Thanks for all the advice! I really appreciate it!

I just removed the GPU, which sat in the PCIe 4.0 slot - which I guess really doesn’t matter, since capturing shouldn’t rely on the GPU, right? (Perhaps when I encode with ffmpeg though… Even then, I don’t mind letting it encode through the night.) The top and bottom cards are the capture cards.

How about an Intel? This one would even just fit geometrically.

Aaah fuck me. 😅 I haven’t paid yet, so maybe I’ll just leave it there then. Aaah how hard can this shit be 🤣
Edit: thanks for the heads up!!!

I didn’t mention that in the OP but I did try both UEFI and legacy BIOS compatibility mode.

Would’ve been cool if I had the skills to flash the old card with some new firmware 🤣

The MOBO’s expansion card sockets are placed in such a way, that I’d have to get an ATX chassi to be absolutely sure. 🫠 Anyway, I’m trying out an ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent tomorrow to start with.

Because my CPU doesn’t have integrated graphics.

So I ended up ordering a ASUS GeForce GT 1030 silent anyway, because I couldn’t find any AMD GPUs that are less than or equal to 40 mm thick. I’m picking it up tomorrow and I’ll test it immediately. If it doesn’t work, I’ll return it.

Thanks! This rig hasn’t been powered on since last year, that’s why 😅

Oooh! That is a nice deal! It wouldn’t fit in this rig though, maximum thickness is 40 mm because the two capture cards “surround” it… 😅

American Megatrends make perfectly balanced BIOS with no glitches - Bhagavad Gita, circa second or first century BCE, literal translation

That’s a great counterpart/translation! Nice! :D