Hello,
In general, the specifications of a board are not dependent on the specifications of the computer. If boards use DMA, as all of our high-speed boards do now, the computer is not the factor. The main factor is the software, not the hardware. if you have LabVIEW, refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes particular to the version you have for more information about the minimum system requirements.
System performance is only an issue with single-point and continuous double-buffered operations, when the computer's ability to run a loop continuously is the only factor. Publishing specifications for double-buffered operations essentially is impossible because of the many variables present, such as buffer size, acquisition rate, bus type, bus activity, CPU activity, and
so on. Speed is an issue for single-point I/O only with digital I/O and handshaking. National Instruments does publish specifications for typical transfer rates with actual computers for boards such as the DIO-96.
Hardware specifications are not dependent on the system if the board uses DMA. The specifications are more dependent on your software and other processor activity occurring at the same time as the data acquisition.
Regarding your second question, your PCI 6110 requires a bus that has a clock speed of 33MHz, so it's definitely going to work on your first 3 slots but I am not sure if it will work on your 30MHz slot since it's too cloe from the clock speed required. It would be better if you can find a PC that has its 4 slots running at a speed faster than 33MHz just to be sure they will all work.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Best regards,
LA
