[Darin Wooldridge]

Thanks Kristian

[Darin Wooldridge]

As it should.. 🙂

[Darin Wooldridge]

Nice

Thanks Robbie.

[Darin Wooldridge]

Hello Christohper,

It does have both power connections, it just wont see the card. I have an Radeon x1900 in my 07 and it uses external power as well.

Darim

[Darin Wooldridge]

Jay,

I wouldn’t call it junk. I too have the exact model and it has been pushed aside. As it is still a very fast machine I’m using it for other tasks. (fcp,lightroom, photochop, itunes 🙂 etc…

Sad to report the box will not work for the resolve. It is developed around gpu / cuda processing video cards. These cards require PCI-E slots. These slots double the throughput of the PCIe 1.0 your 2007 mac pro has.

At the least you will need a 2008 3,1 dual quad core. The suggested model is the 2009 dual quad core.

Best,

Darin Wooldridge
Freelance Colorist
Technicolor Digital Intermediates
818-653-3918-cell
DI.Colorist@me.com

[Darin Wooldridge]

Hello Paul,

I had it running with a 30″ dell dual dvid set at 2560×1600. Everything seemed to run without issues. When I got my hand on the manual and set up docs I jumped to my apple cinema display and little dell for the scopes. It all seemed to worked, I just think black magic wants to avoid people trying things that havent been tried and tested.

I will be hooking up my 30″ back up very soon.

Darin Wooldridge

[Darin Wooldridge]

The audio is choppy along with playback speeds. You can hear it but not really worth hearing when its popping and jumping. I recommend proxy creation for clean playback with audio.

Wanting that new mac even more.

Used parachute with reserve 700 jumps.. for sale…
Nitro powered rc cars for sale
2 old mac pros for sale
2 medea video raids for sale

Darin Wooldridge
d.i.colorist@mac.com
818-653-3918

[Darin Wooldridge]

Mr Owens,

Yes I’m testing on an old mac and yes it is not published as a supported or recommended box.
Is it working? Yes it is.. To its full potential? probably not. Can I get by with a little less performance. Yes. In my opinion even with slower performance of my old mac the tools compared to color / final touch are worth the upgrade.

I use the resolve (linex) product daily at the office and had a huge interest in how this new mac version works pared with the linex version.

As this is my home system, a hobby really, i don’t want to purchase the latest and greatest until I really need it. I too have built several systems and wished I had waited. It’s part of our business. The list of equipment I have purchased to try / test something would spin your head. Maybe I should look into the cost of a good crystal ball. Anyway, this is how I adapt to change and to be honest I enjoy playing with latest toys / tools. If I had a spare 10k in the account the 12 core mac would be ordered today. Another 29k and I would have the panels. And all this to make my home videos look better and prepare for what ever comes my way. 🙂

Anyone in the market for a.
2007 dual quad core 3.0 mac pro
2008 dual quad core 2.8 mac pro
hp xw8300 with fx4500
2 media rtrx scsi u320 dual port

Best
Darin Wooldridge
d.i.colorist@mac.com
818-653-3918

[Darin Wooldridge]

Hello Mr Stogsdill,

Sounds like an easy key / qualification. To be sure send me some raw frames and I will see what I can do.. If everything in the shot is green it may take some time. If the only green is in the trees then no issue at all.

Best,

Darin Wooldridge
Freelance Colorist / technical strategist
Technicolor Digital Intermediates
818-653-3918-cell
DI.Colorist@me.com

[Darin Wooldridge]

II’m in the process of getting the machines to do this exact test..
I am currently running a 2008 Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz

Looking forward to seeing how the latest and greatest mac will run the resolve and what unit is really needed to get the job done. My hope is to the the heavy lifting with my old 08 (build projects, base grade, set some looks,) then take the session to the big house, in the big theater, with the big clients who require real time performance in every situation. (hd stereo, 2k stereo, 4k, red, etc..)
If the increased performance is worth the price tag I will upgrading to my third mac pro.
2007 dual quad 3.0 loaded
2008 dual quad 2.88 loaded
Next ??

Best,

Darin Wooldridge
colorist / technical strategist
d.i.colorist@me.com
818-653-3918