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ultrascope and GTX 285
Hi There
The manual for UltraScope mentions the need of the GTX 285 for it to function, is this the same one that Resolve uses, or is it a second one.
if it’s the same one that Resolve uses, does that mean that Resolve’s performance would decrease by sharing with UltraScope.
it’s said that Resolve’s scopes reduce the Performance of the program, so I’m looking at UltraScope for Mac, how can this combination work best.
also, how much performance would be reduced by using Resolve’s scopes on a 12 core macpro 2.93 Ghz, a couple of extra nodes?
thanks
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ultrascope need an independent computer …cannot be on the same as resolve because when on , ultrascope it stay splash screen and cannot be only on the second monitor…
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Well, lets request something, for a change 😉
What if we INDEED could use an Ultrascope in the same Mac ?
I could live with the window version just being on the second output, sharing with the video image.
Or even better, lets say if you have an Ultrascope build in, DaVinci uses that one instead of the software/cuda based one in the application right now.
Or even better, hook up one of those little USB screens, show by the Foundry for their Storm thingy.
https://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2010/09/16/152/external-scopes-for-storm/
I would instantly shell out the money and buy the Ultrscope if that would be possible.
I dont like the of having a second computer just for that.
I would use my MacBookPro, yes, but USB3 was a weird decision at this point -
Oh no
I just cancelled my order, didn\’t realize it couldn\’t be on the same mac
But how about the possibility of this
When the Quadro 4000 comes out I\’ll be putting this in slot 1 to replace my GTX285 which then will replace my GT120 which currently runs inside a PCI expansion device(Cubix off slot 2) along side a RedRocket and Blackmagic Extreme HD and its HDMI bracket, giving me slot 4 inside the Mac for ultraScope
Could it be possible to then have UltraScope run of the Gtx 285 and have Resolve run off the Quadro 4000, all within the same mac
If so I\’ll buy it immediately
Thanks
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I spoke to the guys at BMD about this. It’s todo with the processing as much as anything, keeping your scopes realtime is pretty tough for scopes of UltraScope’s quality. Hamlet, Omnitek, Tektronics are all essentially the same, if only in smaller shells sometimes.
Personally, I use the UltraScope with my FilmMaster suite and find it to be incredibly useful as an extra machine. I use it to do any prep work I need to via Avid, as well as having it for separate encoding tasks such as 185 X transcoding or RED to OpenEXR for VFX.
I don’t really want to slow down the most valuable and high performance system purely to get some scopes!
Jack Jones
Freelance Colourist -
Hi Alessa,
Resolve and UltraScope cannot be run on the same Mac Pro for several reasons, one of which is that Resolve requires a dedicated GPU but UltraScope would be battling to dominate the same GPU card. Both applications have very demanding graphics requirements so this just isn’t going to work.
Adding another graphics card isn’t going to be possible as you’ll just run out of all 4 slots for 2x graphics cards for Resolve, 1 graphics card for UltraScope, a DeckLink card for monitoring, an UltraScope card and that’s not to mention a HBA card to storage. Low cost Windows PC’s can be used as dedicated, cost-effective PC’s for UltraScope and that’s what most UltraScope customers would use.
There are a bunch of other reasons why the two products could not be run on the same computer but I think the above reasons are enough.
Regards,
Luke Maslen
Blackmagic Design
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