• DaVinci Resolve

  Resolve on 27” Radeon iMac – No problems?

  Posted by C. Ryan stemple on February 5, 2012 at 2:27 am

  Hey guys! This is my first time posting in the CC forums so…here I am. *pose* *fall* *ow*

  So, here’s a question that’s been bugging me a little bit lately. Although “bugging” might not be the most appropriate way to put it, because in all actuality, this conundrum is proving to greatly benefit me. At least in the short term.

  I recently got interested in moving my grading services from Apple Color to DaVinci Resolve, and around the same time got a mid-2011 model 27” iMac.

  Specifically, this is what I have:

  – iMac (27in)
  – 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
  – 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
  – AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB

  I scanned through the Resolve tech-specs and began to get a little disheartened at the fact that I’d be running a non-CUDA card that’s not officially supported by 8.1. Neverthless, I fired up Resolve and gave it a whirl.

  I’ve been grading exclusively with Resolve for 3 months, and it has been a DREAM. So far, no matter what format I’m grading in, be it ProRes, Arri, R3D, Resolve just screams. There’ve been a few times when I’ve had a massive amount of Power Windows on a shot and the playback has become a little bit sluggish, but nothing so much that it keeps me from doing my job quickly and efficiently.

  I suppose what I’m asking is (and holy crap, knock on wood) — WHY? Why is this decidedly sub-optimal set-up tearing threw everything I throw at it with such great ease? I notice that while the 6770M isn’t listed on Resolve’s supported GPUs, yet the HD 5770 IS listed. Is this somehow making this much of a difference?

  Or am I just stupid lucky?

  —
  Carl Ryan Stemple
  Color | Editorial | Photography
  digitalbarbershop.com

  Desmond Ford replied 14 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Rodrigo Kirchner

  February 7, 2012 at 3:03 pm

  Hi

  actually your system is supported! (not fully as has not the nvidia gpu) but since 8.1 this are the imacs that works: (config guide resolve)

  Building a Resolve iMac

  Apple iMac:
  21.5-inch, Mid 2011, 2.5GHz Intel Core i5
  or
  21.5-inch, Mid 2011, 2.7GHz Intel Core i5
  or
  21.5-inch, Mid 2011, 2.8GHz Intel Core i7
  or
  27-inch, Mid 2011, 2.7GHz Intel Core i5
  or
  27-inch, Mid 2011, 3.1GHz Intel Core i5
  or
  27-inch, Mid 2011, 3.4GHz Intel Core i7
  Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6.7
  RAM: 8 GB

  hope that makes you happy 🙂

  rodrigo
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  C. Ryan stemple

  February 7, 2012 at 3:08 pm

  Well, I’ll be damned! Guess it would help to read the 8.1 config guide instead of the 8.0 guide. 😛

  Thanks, Rodrigo! Good to know that nothing’s out of the ordinary.

  —
  Carl Ryan Stemple
  Color | Editorial | Photography
  digitalbarbershop.com
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  Desmond Ford

  March 18, 2012 at 4:11 pm

  Awesome!

  I’ve been stressing over this very idea lately. I’m glad to hear it’s going so well for you. I’m going to wait for the next iMac update though because it’s not too far off. I hope they offer a CUDA GC, but if not, doesn’t sound like I’ll be any worse off for it.

  Thanks for the post!

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