• DaVinci Resolve

  Kit advice please

  Posted by Dan Davis on July 6, 2011 at 3:43 pm

  Hi,

  I have a March/April 8 core MacPro with ATI Radeon HD 4870.
  To get Resolve 8 flying I have been advised on the following config.

  1 NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac
  1 NVIDIA GTS 120
  1 Blackmagic Design DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+ PCIe Card

  Any thoughts on this setup would be really helpful to me.

  Thank you.

  Danny.

  Sascha Haber replied 14 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Sascha Haber

  July 6, 2011 at 3:54 pm

  Keep the Ati, get the rest, or wait for newer BM cards.

  A slice of color…

  DaVinci 7.1.2 OSX 10.6.7
  MacPro 5.1 2x 2,4 24GB
  RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
  GTX 285 / GT 120
  Extreme 3D+ WAVE

  http://www.saschahaber.com
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  Dan Davis

  July 6, 2011 at 4:16 pm

  Hi mate,

  Thanks for getting back!

  When you say “Keep the Ati, get the rest” (excuse my lack of knowledge re cards!)
  What two of the rest do you mean I should go for? And are you saying my ATI Radeon HD 4870 is
  good enough for the GUI. Also I for got to say it’s a 2009 MacPro.

  Thanks a lot.

  Danny.
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  Sascha Haber

  July 7, 2011 at 6:16 am

  Well, the thing is, you have two power cords and probably 2 slots free.
  So you have to balance between money and performance.
  The best possible solution is a Dual Quadro 4000 config.
  Thats 1500 bucks.
  The benefit is, you also have a card for Adobes Mercury engine, games, Smoke, Cinema 4D, Scratch, Mocha Pro and all other apps depending on OpenGL and/or CUDA.
  For a Resolve only station, you just need any Apple certified single slot card and add an old GTX 285 or a new Quadro 4000 or endofline Quadro 4800.
  But your ATI Radeon HD 4870 is dual slot, right ?
  So the Quadro 4000 is the ONLY option if you want to keep it.

  A slice of color…

  DaVinci 7.1.2 OSX 10.6.7
  MacPro 5.1 2x 2,4 24GB
  RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
  GTX 285 / GT 120
  Extreme 3D+ WAVE

  http://www.saschahaber.com

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