Two 4800s vs Three 4000s?

[Eric Fiegehen]

Hi Joseph,

You can reach Cubix via the https://www.cubixgpu.com website or ph no.+1(775)888-1000. I would suggest looking at the Desktop 4, part number XPDT-X16-4-OSV. However, if you’re going to support more than one OSX machine, or other operating systems, you might consider one of the Xpander Rackmount 8 configurations.

Eric Fiegehen
Cubix

[David Pirinelli]

I’m afraid that the MacVidCards issue isn’t a browser thing, it is a “unfinished website” issue. The guy doing it for me ran out of steam as we tried to get the e-commerce part working. I need to find a more experienced web guy.

Meanwhile, most of the cards are available through Ebay, and as I am located in Hollywood, I offer pick up within 2 blocks of the Kodak Theatre. (10% discount for cash)

All of my cards are OSX & Windows compatible, so anyone wishing to try “The Dark Side” will continue to be able to use them.

I can say that BMD has several of my cards in their possession and have never contacted me voicing any issues. I have been thanked for offering high powered CUDA options for their customers.

I am not a colorist. I am an Art Director. I got into video cards when FCP told me I couldn’t cut my reel because of a crappy GPU I had. I understand the tight schedules of the film biz, having been in it more than 20 years, so I try to ship within a day or two, whenever possible.

In my experience, my GTX470 is best possible card for easy install in a Mac Pro. Plugs right in, you just delete or modify one file in Lion and the card is ready to go.

For people running an enclosure with sufficient power and ventilation, the hot ticket is the GTX480. It is quite a bit more powerful than 470 but requires more power than is readily available in a Mac Pro.

Either one of these cards will run rings around a Quadro 4000. In fact, the GTX470 is slightly faster than 5000 & 6000 and the GTX480 is quite a good deal faster than all of them.

The 4800 is a slightly detuned GTX285 with more RAM. (It is similar in specs to a GTX275) That last time I read the Resole install guide, it acknowledged that a 5770 & Q4000 could run the software but stated that “GTX285 & GT120 continued to be fastest possible combo” or something to that effect. They have to be very careful of their wording, and I’m sure it pains them to have to say that the best way to run their software is with a 2 year old used card. And I am quite certain that my GTX4700 & GTX480 are faster than the GTX285

[Margus Voll]

What about GTX580 ? In sense of speed and power?

Lets say we put them in expander.

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Margus

https://iconstudios.eu

[Joseph Owens]

Thanks. I’ve ordered a number of components — including a Cubix Desktop4.

A client said the magic words “3D”…

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Eric Santiago]

Sorry to bring up an old thread but what does this mean to most experience users:
Currently the Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 card provides the best performance in a 1 GPU DaVinci Resolve system.
Got that from the Support site.
Reason Im asking is that I have an old 4800 sittin on a new Lion box by itself.
We have a CUBIX with a single 4000 and planning to add another.
Should I turn the 4800 box into a back-up for Resolve.
We have an extra REDRocket we can add to that.
Not sure if the RRC will help with Resolve but it could make a nice temp DIT system.