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DaVinci Resolve with Single GPU – Recommendations?
Using DaVinci Resolve currently gives me (expectedly) subpar performance because I don’t have a second GPU/video card installed to do the heavy lifting.
Here are the system specs:
Mac Pro 5,1
OS X Lion 10.7.2
24GB of RAMSlot 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
Slot 2: RED Rocket Card
Slot 3: Empty (houses the back ports that complement the RED Rocket card, however)
Slot 4: RAID CardThat said, I’ve only got room to replace the card in Slot 1 only
(PCI extender is out of the question right now)The goal is to be able to grade R3D Epic footage natively within resolve.
My question is:
1. Is there a video card that you can recommend that will work with both Resolve and Lion given this single slot/single GPU limitation that I have with our system config?Thank you in advance,
James -
3 Replies
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Hi James, please refer to the configuration guide on the bmd support web site. It lists the working configs.
Peter -
Thanks, Peter. I read the config guide prior, but I know I’m working with a less-than-optimal slot setup with the Mac Pro at work (and getting a PCI extender is most likely out of the question at this time). 🙂
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You could put the Rocket in slot 3, and find a creative place for the BNC jacks. Then you could have 2 GPUs, and only lose a little speed from the x4 Rocket.
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