DaVinci Resolve for Mac Configuration Guide, November 2010

[Peter Chamberlain]

We have not tested nor qualified the Geforce 8800. If it’s working for you today that’s great. As Resolve does not force a particular card model, as long as it has the appropriate performance and specs it may be viable. However, we publish the config guide so you know the items that are tested and we recommend these configs over non certified variations.
Peter

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Alexander,

Unless I’m mistaken, I think the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT for Mac has been discontinued and is no longer available. We haven’t tested it so I don’t think we will now if it is no longer available but its good to know that it works for you in case anyone else is wanting to use one with Resolve. Thank you for letting us know.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Ola Haldor voll]

And todays best joke ? -> Since the 8800GT is so hard to get, I can trade my card in for a panel. 😉

[Jay Moffat]

As ATI is now supported is there a slim chance that the cards which were shipping with the 8-core machines earlier this year (ATI 4870) may work for the GUI, or are they fundamentally different to the 5000 series?

I ask this before I rip my machine apart.

J

[Rohit Gupta]

The ATI 4870 seems to need both the 6-pin power cables on the Mac so you won’t have any left for the Q4000.

[Jay Moffat]

Aha, it would help if I actually read the original post properly wouldn’t it…sigh…long day..

[Alexander Higgins]

I actually went to the store and was looking at the nVIDIA GeForce GT 120, and I was like, this card is so wimpy, I don’t want to use it as my main GUI card. It would kind of set me back for any other apps that don’t recognize the 4800. So I looked at the specs for the 8800 and realized its pretty much the same card only better and faster.

[Erik Lindahl]

Interesting and thanks. I’m just wondering if any other app would be able to use the non-GUI GPU as Resolve does. This is why one could motivate two Quadro 4000-cards. The main contenders today are Adobe CS5 and a number of Premier and After Effects plug-ins that are OpenGL and / or CUDA accelerated.

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Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Post Production Services
http://www.freecloud.se

[Dave Docimo]

If you have the 5770 installed for the GUI and the Quadro 4000 installed for GPU processing. This may work for Resolve but what about Adobe Premiere, After Effects and C4d. Adobe Premiere benefits from the Quadro 4000 Fermi architecture for realtime playback. Is there a way to specify which card AP uses? Does having two different graphics cards with two different drivers cause compatibility issues for other software? Does anyone have any experience with this config using other applications?

[Sean Kapleton]

So Just to clarify after having looked at the guide pdf

Do i need to buy a NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 to go with the stock ATI Radeon HD 5770 that came with our office’s new 12-core? Would this be the cheapest option – already have spent so much on the Extreme 3D, HDlink3D & Dreamcolor setup for the 12-core : (

also any word on demo version coming for learning at home? or at least a 30-day trial – i.e. cant render out or renders with an “X” thru the picture?

I really want to learn it and see if its right for upgrading from our Color workflow but want to test to be sure its right for me.

thanks
sean