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FCP 7 with dual 24″ LED Display
Hi
Now I have been trawling but cannot find definitive confirmation if FCS3 has updated support for two Geforce GT120 to drive a dual Apple 24″ LED display setup.
My last information is that FC6 could not work with a dual display-card setup (GT120) in a Mac Pro to drive these monitors, has Final Cut 7 been updated to render one monitor as a workspace and the other a video preview or at least separate bin and timeline on each?
Ideally I would use a decklink to monitor over SDI on a Tamuz monitor but if my budget gets cut I would like to monitor on the second LED.
What options do I have here if FC7 still cannot properly use 2x LED displays? Perhaps buy two Samsung 24″ HD monitors and connect one over dual link DVI and the other through the MDP=>DVI adapter?
Any clarity or real world experience on two LED displays on multiple graphics cards would be greatly appreciated.
Chris
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Color will not launch with 2 graphics cards installed.
Most, well all, of the better graphics cards support dual displays. Nvidia’s Geforce cards are lower end cards for home computing & light gaming.
Color works best with ATI cards. Either get an Nvidia Quadro or an ATI Radon HD series card.
Arnie
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The GT120 is dual display, however one port is mini display port and the other is DVI. The apple LED monitors are display port only and only recently have mini display port extension cables become available to get the distance required to be able to setup 2 monitors on one side of a tower.
I built a system prior to FCP7 launching with two GT120 and suspected color would not launch. However to my amazement it did. I would not recommend this kind of setup, you’re using up valuable slots in a macpro.
After experimenting here with share screen in leopard and KVM’s for multipurpose rooms I would tend to push for single 30″ monitors dual link DVI, using the quadro or ATI, as Arnie suggestsThe share screen works pretty well. I can be digitizing on one system while cutting on another. combine this with shared storage and footage digitized is available immediately on the cutting station. pretty cool.
The KVM’s allow a room to be either DS or FCP so the 30 inch screen becomes even more desirableDoug Beal
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I’m quite surprised that you got Color to launch with dual graphics cards. That must be new. 🙂
[Doug Beal] “I would tend to push for single 30″ monitors dual link DVI”
This is where it becomes a matter of personal taste. I’m a dual monitor guy. I find a single 30″ to be restrictive, even though it’s clearly a lot of space. I’d rather have a pair of 24″ or larger, but then there are people who find dual monitors don’t work for them.
Arnie
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I was totally surprised when it did. I was building it for a third party. Even though it worked I suggested that we go with ATI for FCP installs and only the 120’s if it’s dual boot Avid
I agree with the 2 x 24. I’m very used to it and like it a lot. The tendency toward 30″ is twofold in my specific application. one The DS machines and operators like the single 30 and share screen puts the two 24 in screens on one 24″ screen on the machine driving the screen being shared. these old eyes have a harder time with the resultant small type. with a single 30 the screen size is the same, you just have to remember what box your driving, yet another consideration.
Doug Beal
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Rock Creative Images
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Chris,
Gefen makes a MiniPort to DVI adapter.
https://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8913
One card works with 2 Apple 24″ LED displays.
Warren
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Hi Warren
This is just the ticket, the problem is that it is not available quite yet and shipping to me (South Africa) would be costly and also not guaranteed. Running two Nvidia GT 120’s is an option but the caveats are many and Color MIGHT not work.
Will have to see what shipping options I have for the DVI to MDP adapter or perhaps a KVM on a larger system where I have more than two or three editing Mac’s.
Think I should go the MDP=>DVI route and plug two 24″ HD Samsungs displays into the Mac Pro, one using the above adapter the other into the dual link DVI. Hope they work or else my ass is grass.
Future edit suites will probably be dual Apple LED once the MDP becomes a more adopted standard, or Apple drops the DVI and places two MDP ports on their graphics cards. C’mon already….
Thanks for the responses so far, appreciate your thoughts.
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https://www.atlona.com/Atlona-DVI-to-Mini-DisplayPort-Converter-p-17859.html
I think this is shipping now.
Warren
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