DaVinci Resolve for Mac Configuration Guide Update

[Sascha Haber]

And unlike the 7.0 manual, you need to register for this one.
Is that intentionally or just by accident ?
I would love to read ahead before my box arrives 🙂

[Vladimir Kucherov]

I see the 1×6 core 3.3ghz configuration was not on the list. Was it found a poor performer, or did you guys simply not test it?

[Joseph Owens]

[Sascha Haber] “And unlike the 7.0 manual, you need to register for this one.”

Odd, I was able to download and read the Configuration Guide Update without registering for it.

Still didn’t like what I saw.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Sascha,

The download link for the DaVinci Resolve for Mac Configuration Guide Update does not prompt for registration. It should just download the PDF without asking any questions.

Other files such as the Resolve software itself will provide two options: Download Now or Download and Register. If you choose the latter option, that will enable us to notify you when updates to Resolve are released.

So please have another go as it should just download fine.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design

[Luke Maslen]

Hi Vladimir,

I expect the 1×6 core 3.3Ghz configuration will work but we simply did not test it. The last Mac config guide was released before we’d have much chance to test the mid-2010 models of Mac Pro. This new guide has added all of the new dual-processor models.

Our aim in certifying hardware is to let everyone know of hardware that will definitely provide realtime performance. As you may have read in this forum, some people have tried dual-processor 2008 models of Mac Pro. While the 2008 models appear to work with Resolve, their performance was slightly less than realtime in HD so we couldn’t recommend them. By contrast, the dual processor 2009 model Mac Pro’s do provide realtime performance in HD. We didn’t test the single-processor models as we felt that they would be marginal at best, for realtime performance, and the same applied to our testing of the mid-2010 models. Extra CPU’s are particularly important for processing compressed files in realtime, e.g. ProRes and H.264.

If you have a single-processor 2009 or 2010 model Mac Pro, chances are it will work with Resolve but we have not tested it and suspect the realtime HD performance will be marginal at best, particularly with compressed formats such as ProRes. If you don’t need realtime performance, then a single-processor Mac Pro might be perfectly adequate for your needs. However generally most people use Resolve for its realtime performance so that’s why we encourage the use of the dual processor Mac Pros.

Regards,

Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design