Resolve on Mac update

[Rick Turners]

I’m no hardware guy, running a 2.26, most recent build of the mac pro.
I’d like to use a GTX285 + GT120..

you mentioned the 285 using 2 of 2 power connectors, what affect could this have, other then using more power/heat?

Thanks!

[Ola Haldor voll]

Good news! Macrumors has uncovered GeForce GTX 480 drivers. This means 480 CUDA cores vs. the 240 cores the GTX 285 and Quadro 4800 with 192 cores.

As it seems, the GTX 480 will have 1,5GB ram, just like the Quadro.

Let’s wait and see if Apple will release a Mac Pro any time soon. Getting my hopes up..

[Peter Chamberlain]

Did you notice how much power the 480 consumes? Compare to the 4800!

[Ola Haldor voll]

Nope, I didn’t. But looking at it now, I’m thinking.. wow.. That’s quite a bit. But it’s still an interesting path to ‘get there’.

[Vladimir Kucherov]

Power draw indeed! It’s silly how hard it is to find exact specs for Mac Pro power supplies. Question is, can the following kits be run on the following machines?

Kit 1:
GT120
GTX285
BM Decklink HD
RAID controller
4 HDs

Kit 2:
GT120
GTX480 (if it’s real)
BM Decklink HD
RAID controller
4 HDs

And our possible computers are:

Early 2008 Mac Pro

Early 2009 Mac Pro

Late 2010 Mac Pro (I’m guessing/hoping they release one in a few months).

[Illya Laney]

You can run Kit 1 on a 2008 Mac Pro as long as it’s the 800 Mhz version, but I don’t think anyone knows for sure if the 2008 will work with Resolve yet.

Motion Design, Color, Editing
SWGC Incorporated

[Eric Hansen]

hey Peter

i think i’m getting to the party a bit late here. but another storage option i would like you guys to test is Ethernet-based SAN. i have multiple clients with Small-Tree based ethernet SAN systems and a few of them are interested in adding a Resolve system.

for the first system that i would be adding Resolve to, we would be looking to read the source media off the ethernet SAN, while then writing the new renders to an internal 2 drive RAID-0 in the Mac Pro. that’s how we have our current Color system set up and it works great.

thanks. let me know if you need any more details on our SAN setup.

really REALLY looking forward to this release.

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Eric Hansen – http://www.erichansen.tv

[Illya Laney]

You have any problems with the RAID-0? What drives do you use? I’ve been using Hitachi lately.

Motion Design, Color, Editing
SWGC Incorporated

[Philippe Perrot]

hI,
Question To Mr Laney.
I saw your link to cubix. But is OSX able to run more than 1 gpu for computation ?
Regards,

[Illya Laney]

Resolve for OSX is designed to utilize 2 GPU’s.

Motion Design, Color, Editing
SWGC Incorporated