Minimal config

[Joseph Owens]

[Sascha Haber] “Is the Ati card of any use ? Or should I buy a second gf120 for the UI ? Or might even a standard PC card work ?”

Apparently you haven’t been paying attention. Or reading Blackmagic’s published requirements.

No, the ATI card is useless to Blackmagic Resolve.
Many of the operating software functions are based on specific instructions found within the nVidia hierarchy.

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Sascha Haber]

Well , I just dont belive everything I read.
When starting Resolve on my iMac I can loadup the entire UI, adjust project settings and start every other tab.
Loading an image crashes it of course. No Cuda, no cookies 😉
And that made me wonder , could I just keep the Ati in the MacPro and have fun with the amazing 32 Cuda cores the Gt 120 provides.
But I get it. I just follow Jean Baptist Emanuel Zorg’s words:
If you want something done, do it yourself . Yep

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hello, Joseph is correct that the current config guide specifies only Nvidia GPU’s, however, I have just posted a link to the 7.0.3 update and one of the cool items included is support for the ATI Radeon 5770 as the GUI card. You will still need a CUDA capable card for image processing but this means purchases of the new 2010 MacPro with the 5770 can use this card with the Nvidia 4000.
In your particular case, while the GT120 will not give you the performance of a Quadro 4000 for image processing it will work for reviewing of the application. The config guide is being updated and will be posted shortly.
Peter

[Sascha Haber]

Hey Peter,

thanks for the detailed answer , that is what I was hoping for.
Also because that ATI card has a lot of benfits over a 120 for every other application running on the system.
But I found a GTX 285 yesterday and have it shipped to me as we speak, so all will be good 🙂

[Christopher Adams]

This is indeed good news.. but what is the down side? Do you loose any functionality? Were you making use of both cards cuda abilities?
CJ

[Christopher Adams]

Another thing i thought of was. The ATI card is a dual width card.. can the single width 4000 go in slot 2 or something? are they both 16x?

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hi, the new config guide is available.
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/davinci/support/

Note: the ATI 5770 need one power cable, the GTX285 two… so you cant use both of these in the MacPro as there are only two power sockets.

In the config with ATI 5770 and Nvidia 4000, the 4000 is in slot 2 as the ATI is a double wide card, thus slot 1.

Peter