Refractive Software® is discontinuing Cubix Xpander support

Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:51 am

Is there any news regarding the Xpander replacement?

Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:05 am

Why are people waiting on a Xpander replacement? If you need a GPU box right now order from Cubix you will not be disappointed. If you are content with waiting a unknown amount of time that tells me you probably don't need one.
Cubix boxes have been churning out animations and making money this whole time since the partnership has be terminated.

Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:36 pm

The startech system seems to have PCIe support now.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169108?ut ... m=products

Would this work on my HP laptop?

I don't know too much about the technical side of stuff but I reckon £200ish is pretty good to have an extra two Gcards on your laptop.

Mon May 09, 2011 2:48 am

Bump on the Cubix replacement. Like Carl S. said I don't need one but it would be interested to see what this is (or more likely was) and if it is cheaper than the Cubix option I might be interested in it as it would save the hobbyist. Since there is already a site revamp in the works maybe get rid of the GPU-X tab and/or update it as it looks bad that there would be a replacement announced some 5 months ago.

Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:49 am

Old thread but still interesting.
Did anybody try out the "startech system". How about Energy consumption?

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:55 am

For what I have read on the site, the two PCIE slots are x1 only, and the light weigth (4Kg versus 8Kg for the Cubix X-Pander Pro 2 ) let me think that the Power supply is weak compared to the Cubix.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:14 am

Yes they are only 1* but will this affect the rendering speed? Of course it will affect the time to load it into the GPU Ram.
I will try to find out about the PSU.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:14 pm

Refracty wrote:Yes they are only 1* but will this affect the rendering speed? Of course it will affect the time to load it into the GPU Ram.

No, as you stated, this will not affect rendering speed, but it will affect loading time. While this isn't important in rendering one image, it can be important when trying to render an animation.

Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:49 pm

Has anyone had experience with the startech - at it's price point it seems to be a bargain compared to the cubix for dabblers) - load up times notwithstanding.

Thanks

J.