networking for more processing power.

DaVinci Resolve

networking for more processing power.

Posted by Chris Larsen on January 26, 2013 at 7:57 pm

I recently purchased a mbp that has a quad core processor. I also have a late 2009 27″ imac with a quad-core i7. Is there any way that I can connect the 2 and use the display of the imac while utilizing the processor to help with exports, renders, and other things? 2009 iMac doesn’t have thuderbolt, but if I get an ethernet adapter, is there a software solution for utilizing the idle processors?

Chris Ramey replied 13 years, 2 months ago 7 Members · 8 Replies
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Margus Voll
January 27, 2013 at 12:06 am

Resolve is gpu based and as far as i know you can not combine machines if you are not on linux version.

So i’d say no.

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Dan Moran
January 27, 2013 at 6:48 pm

I think its a Linux only feature also. It uses Infiniband instead of ethernet too.

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Juan Salvo
January 27, 2013 at 7:56 pm

Yeah 40Gbps infiniband at that. Far, far cry from 1gigE

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Chris Larsen
January 28, 2013 at 8:51 am

Thank you all for your input. Any suggestions for what I should do with my imac? Sell it, turn it into a part time monitor, any other ways to utilize the processor when it’s in monitor mode for other post functions? The graphics card can’t handle resolve on its own. Maybe I cut on the iMac and finish on the Mbp?
Margus Voll
January 28, 2013 at 8:53 am

Or look at the latest iMacs as Peter posted some times ago here.

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Eric Sternberger
January 28, 2013 at 9:15 am

interesting Idea though….
would it work with two iMacs connected via thunderbolt??
Joseph Owens
January 28, 2013 at 5:05 pm

[Eric Sternberger] “would it work with two iMacs connected via thunderbolt??”

No… see above…

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Chris Ramey
February 24, 2013 at 4:23 am

There’s a few apps that would let you use your second laptop as a second monitor. Air Display is one of them. It’s similar to screen sharing, you might get a performance decrease since computer #1 will be serving a video stream to your second computer.

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