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Setting up a DaVinci
I´m thinking of start using DaVinci instead of Color. I have a Macpro 3,1 Quad-Core 2.8 Ghz (early 2008) with a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT and Decklink Extreme card. What would be the cheapest solution for me in terms of graphic cards? Which one should I buy?
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Hello Peter,
I can say anything about the 8800 GT, but for me the cheapest option was a second hand GT120 (1 slot wide) and a modified PC to Mac GTX 285 (2 slot wide). If your really lucky look for someone that’ll help/teach you to modify PC GTX 285 cards, I now have 5 modified cards wishing I had the money for a cubix.
Older/other Decklink cards work as video out, but are not recommended and maybe limited for capture etc. Multibridge Pro 2 is working perfectly for me so far.
Cheers,
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The 3,1 is not technically supported (I had one) because of the V1.0 PCIe slots. However you could get a flashed GTX285 and there is a Kext which you can load with the kexthelper app which will let the GTX card run on your machine. You could keep the 8800 card as your GUI card. This all would only cost you about $350.00 and then you could run Resolve. CPU power will be limited by the V1.0 slots and you will not get real-time performance but it will run.
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMackbook Pro
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I always get the Mac-Pro X,X numbers mixed up I think it is the 2,1 I am thinking needs the kext helper fix for not the 3,1. If the machine is a 2008 with 800mhz or faster bus I think ti has PCIe V2.0 and should run ok with a GTX-285 if it is 667mhz bus it has V1.0 PCIe and needs to be coaxed to run…
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMackbook Pro
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Thanks for your help.
My Mac is a 800 Mhz.
I´m not sure about the version of the PCI, so I attach my info:
It seems like that they don´t sell GTX 285 in Sweden anymore. What would be the next level of chards?
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I bought mine from this guy
https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Mac-Pro-08-10-nVidia-GeForce-GTX285-1GB-Video-Card-/280598469638?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item4154f8dc06
its not the cheapest on ebay, but he sent it via FedEx, it was in Denmark three days after the purchase and it looks just pristine.Would I do it again ?
No, I would probably buy the 4000 directly and keep the ATI 5770.
But you would be fine keeping your 8800 as primary and use this one for processing.A slice of color…
DaVinci 7.1 OSX 10.6.6
Dual Xeon 2,4 RAM 24 GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 285 / GT 120
Extreme 3D+ WAVE -
I have a MAC GTX-285 I am looking to sell I would take $350 for it if you are interested. The 285 card is the most GPU available on the Mac for Resolve. I am selling it because I put together a PC based mac with 3x GTX-285 cards and I don’t need the Mac one.
-Rob-
Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMackbook Pro
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Thanks for your proposal. It seems like there still 1 piece left in Sweden… hopefully I will be the one who gets it.
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Okay, I bought the gtx 285 card. But it seems like I got the wrong cables?
Where do I connect this big 3-plug? (there´s 2 pair of them, 4 altogether). Suppose this is for PC and I need to buy a pair of 6-pin to 6-pin?I got another problem. The 285 card will occupy both of the power connections, so where do I connect the the 8800 GT card?
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@ Robert Houllahan
Hey Robert, do you still GTX-286 for sale? I am looking for it. I can not found your email or some private contact on CC. Please feel free to sent me an email on teo@nuframe.si I am serious in buying your card! Thaks a lot!Color grade reel: https://vimeo.com/15480583
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I bought a Quadro 4000, so end of my case.
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