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I'm thinking of buying the same board, and have very little experience with Altera, so I'm somewhat nervous about it.
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The Stratix V board is loaded with Engineering Samples. Check the errata before you buy. Also note that most of the interested features on the Stratix V device, such as partial reconfiguration and (I think) reconfiguration via PCIe are not yet supported by Quartus. You'll have to wait until Quartus 12.0. I'd be nervous too.
What do you need to do with the transceivers? Perhaps you can start with the Stratix IV GX or GT devices, and then move onto the Stratix V when they are in production and supported in the software.
Cheers,
Dave
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