@bonemapNot sure how we would have missed it. Sorry about that. I will look for it an follow up with you.Options on Mac are different that what I posted above. This table only applies to Windows.

@joeartist last bit to think about is pure performance. The firepro series are workstation cards, with ecc memory (there are a lot of discussions on why these are overkill outside of mission critical applications (like high end parts design for industry). What the firepro series does offer is more outputs (6 vs 4 on the nvidia cards). But the W series cards are now 4 years old and have significantly lower performance gpu wise (some benchmarks show 50%). There are newer and workstation cards like the SSG series (seriously expensive) that use more modern parts like hbm memory).Considering the extra cost you pay for ecc memory and the outdated architecture if could be worth going for a high end NVIDIA card like the 2080 or 2080ti and getting a data path unit for the extra outputs. You will have better performance, (with a data path also more outputs), newer architecture and cuda if you ever need it. Here is a comparison, there are many others, https://versus.com/en/amd-fire... The 2080ti will leave you with change enough to get a data path and a bunch of adaptors.Considering AMD are now supporting pcie 4, and the looming release of the new new Mac Pro expect to see some new pcie4 cards coming soon too.

The Digital Department of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, together with the Digital Media Art Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy, has launched the Isadora Joint Workshop on Digital Media Creation. Course  Content In this course，we will use Isadora as a creative tool to develop digital media art works. Isadora is a digital media interactive control software developed by TROIKATRONIX company in Germany. It combines the video and audio processing engine of a media server with a hyper-flexible visual programming environment to create an incredibly versatile media playback platform. Whether you are an artist, a designer, a technician or a student, you are able to craft unique environments, improvise and produce experimental experiences through the immersive, reactive system Isadora provides. Top artists use Isadora to create compelling live performances and interactive installations. Isadora is also one of the most flexible and easy-to-use programs. Are you ready to explore the digital media art world?  Course Mentors      Tim Gruchy : New Media Artists Visiting Professor, Art Director of Digital Art Department, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts Jingping Zhang: Associate Professor of Creative School of Shanghai Theatre Academy, Director of Digital Media Art Teaching and Research Section, Technical Director of Key Laboratory of Digital Performing Arts Integration and Innovation Ministry of Culture. He has extensive experience in the design and creation of interactive art for performance and new media. Yujie Zhang: Project Director of Interactive Media Art Joint Course,Faculty of Digital Art Department of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, engaged in digital art, public art research and practice Course schedule Day1: 2019/7/1   9:00～16:00  Overview of global Media Art development, Introduction of visual interactive creation tool IsadoraDay2: 2019/7/3   9:00～16:00 Introduction of Isadora scenarios and related methods and skills expansion Day3: 2019/7/5   9:00～16:00 Isadora interaction design and interface customization Day4: 2019/7/8   9:00～16:00 Brainstorming, using Isadora for media art creation Day5: 2019/7/10   9:00～16:00 Mapping experiment and guidance Day6: 2019/7/12   9:00～16:00 Isadora's advanced applications and creative sharing among teams  Course venue : Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts,  99 Shangda Road

@Woland Thanks for this follow-up. This is a great article.No need to apologize. Now that I know that those features will come soon I will not search for them thinking I'm not looking at the right place .Again, good work Isadora's team!

Congratulations to Mark and the whole team for V3! Wonderful job!I would like to take the occasion of this discussion to strongly support an implementation of 'Trails' as a shader. I use it these days in many of my patches...And while making a 'wish list': a GPU version of Displace would be great (I know that there is already a GSL shader, but it is only a partial port, it does not work the same).Also, in the old FF plugins, 'Wave' or 'TimeBlur' were really useful and are not replaceable with anything else I could find...Many thanks again for all the efforts!Best wishes,Jean-Baptiste Barrière 

I bit the bullet, sold the Z820 and am going to stick my current 5960x workstation into a 4U shorty case with a 1080 and assign it double duty as a render node and traveler workstation. While less portable than a laptop (I work 99% of the time in Toronto), I have become increasingly interested in (obsessed with) Isadora and think this change will make for a very sizable change in performance. Thanks again @DusX for the information you shared.