[Jed Weintrob]

Ok. But how does that translate into speed in resolve (faster bus does not always equal faster performance, depending on overall data flow)??

[Jed Weintrob]

Question: Other than the boot screen, what is the difference between using a stock GTX 570 card (I’m using the EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Double Shot 1280 MB GDDR5 PCB PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card 012-P3-1577-KR) and using the one that’s tweaked by MacVidCards?

I’m running 10.8.2 on a MacPro 5,1 with a GT120 as GUI

As far as I can tell, the performance should be the same from both my card and the MacVidCards one, but I’ve recently heard otherwise.

Thanks
Jed

[Jed Weintrob]

Hi Christian,
Could you give me some more specifics on your setup. specifically:
– when you say the set up monitor screen on first card, 2nd slot, do you mean on the mini displayport of the lower card? (my gt120 has 1 mini displayport and 1 dvi port)
– are you using powered mini displayport to dvi adapters for the monitors or non-powered (i have both, can’t get either to work in 3 monitor config on this machine)
– the setup i’m trying to get to work is:

1 – left monitor has final cut timeline, bins, etc – this monitor also needs to have the menu bar on it
2 – middle monitor has canvas only (it will be blown up full screen for editor to work with, editor will select ‘fit to screen’)
3 – right monitor will be digital cinema desktop preview

i can get this to work IF i put the menu bar on the middle monitor, but as soon as i move it to the left monitor, everything goes haywire, and i have an editor who insists that it be on the far left.

thanks much in advance for your help
best
jed