Considering DaVinci Resolve — need wisdom

[Glenn Sakatch]

Windows 7 isn’t supported…doesn’t mean it won’t work.
Just means they don’t test it, and won’t really answered questions about issues with it
I just switched everything over to windows 10 a couple of months ago…I would try v16 on win 10.

You have nothing to lose.

Your hardware will be your most limiting factor. I think my laptop is running 15 in win 7.

Glenn

[Lon Waitman]

Hey Glenn,

Thanks for the helpful info!

I did try downloading and installing version 15 on my Win 7 system. It said that it was installed successfully, but when I try to open the program, I get this error msg: “The procedure entry point clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList could not be located in the dynamic link library OpenCL.dll”

Any ideas what that means or what I should do?

Thanks.

[Michael Gissing]

[Lon Waitman] “I get this error msg: “The procedure entry point clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList could not be located in the dynamic link library OpenCL.dll”

My guess is your graphic card or driver is incompatible. Resolve, like all modern NLEs does need decent GPU power to operate, which is why Blackmagic have a compatibility list. As soon as you try to use it on non supported OS and with under powered old GPU or with old drivers, it might not work.

[Peter Chamberlain]

If you truly want to evaluate if Resolve suits your needs you will need a current model computer with a good GPU, W10 or MacOS and DaVinci Resolve 16.x

[Terence Christopher]

HI It works fine with Windows 10. I am using an old Dell with an I7 processor and built in 1 gigabit Etthernet port and just USB2 and just 16 Gig of RAM with a 2 TB Drive. Because of the huge size of ProRes 422 files I was forced to use External 8 TB drives to hold the decompressed videos. and then store the MP4 output from rendering on my NAS It all seems to work for me though I am currently editing only HD files. I will be switching to 4k soon which might be a problem. Currently apart from slow system start up I am very happy with my experience I can render an hour long video in 2 hours, That probably would be inadequate for a professional. My slowness is mainly related to my learning curve as I started in the basement.
Terence.