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ATI 5770 & Nvidea GT120 – cheapest option to get going?
Hello
Just want to make sure before I go out and purchase my copy of resolve for home training that this combo will work. I have a new 12-core with the stock ATI 5770 / 32GB RAM / BMD Extreme 3D setup and just want the cheapest Nvidea option to allow the application to work at home so I can start training. Will it even run with just the 5770 if I dont need to go out to an external monitor for training purposes or does it not even run without the Nvidea card?
I don’t need crazy performance at home just want to learn the package! I know that having 32GB will effect performance as well but as long as it will work I am ok with that. Any info on how exactly performance is effected by this video card combo would be a great help!
cheers
sean -
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120 has some 32 cuda cores i believe.
It will start but playback is really slow as you could expect.
This combo seems like mac book pro where you have gui gpu and nvidia gpu.
Stuff will work for exploring and learning.—
Margus
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If you use SD resolution files performance will be ok for learning the app but as you surmised, you do need a CUDA GPU for the app to run.
Peter -
ok thanks for the reply.
just to clarify – it won’t even run without the added nvidea card. I just want to learn the software at home with tutorials and dont need to view out on an external monitor just need the software to work with exercise files and not crash or whatever while training.
any thoughts?
cheers
sean -
Hi Sean,
That’s right. It is essential to have one of the certified NVIDIA cards which has CUDA support. If you don’t have a CUDA card installed, Resolve will not run at all. CUDA is an NVIDIA technology which you won’t find in other brands of cards.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design -
I could give it a go next week how it will work if you are interested.
I can “simulate” 120 and ati combo as i have both here.
In theory it would be great for training.
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Margus
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Yes that would be awesome!
While my priority is learning at home for now I would hate to buy the 120 and realize its just way to weak.
I guess the next step up would be a ATI 5770 & Nvidea 4000 combo or is getting the ATI out of there more important?
cheers
sean -
I was just looking on EBAY for the 285 card and I am curious what people think about doing a ATI 5770(GUI) & Nvidea 285(GPU) combo?
These are the 2 versions of the 285 I found but it seems the 1GB version is the one I need no?
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Any thoughts on this combo and card would be great. Ultimately if it will hugely increase performance then although i am using this for learning at home, for just a little bit more than the GT 120 it might be worth it if I will greatly benefit in the long run.
cheers
sean -
You would have a problem with the 285/5770 combo in that the 285 card needs 2 of the 2 power connectors available in the Mac. Leaving no power connectors for the 5770, which requires one.
But the 285 and a GT120 would be a great combo.
Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support -
Luke Masien said…
That’s right. It is essential to have one of the certified NVIDIA cards which has CUDA support. If you don’t have a CUDA card installed, Resolve will not run at all. CUDA is an NVIDIA technology which you won’t find in other brands of cards.I ran a demo on a 3.2Ghz Harpertown Mac with only a non CUDA Nvidia GT8800. It wasn’t fast, but it worked.
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I just did a test of removing the GTX-285 card from our test system, leaving only the GT-120 in place. You get a warning that it’s using the GT-120 for processing, and a recommendation for better cards to use. But if you just ignore that warning, the system does work. Just very slowly.
Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support
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