Peter Chamberlain
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For now, order the GT120 and FX4800 from the graphic accessories list.
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For the MacPro, you will need a GT120, and also either a FX4800 or GTX285 for real time HD. While the main processing GPU is used for all the CUDA grading, we do use CUDA in the GT120 as well, and a bunch of other tricks too. The 8800 will not work.
The MacBookPro of course does not have these dual GPU’s so you may ask, how does that work? It does, but with limitations of processing speed so real time operation is limited to SD. Of course, these new MacBookPros also use Nvidia CUDA.
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From the outside the decision to use a very limited number of qualified distributors for the Linux version of Resolve may seem odd, but trust me; some of us here have been building the Resolve on Linux for a few years, and while we have made the construction and installation process considerably more repeatable its not yet at the Mac plug and play stage. We exercise the hardware hard so for ALL our customers to get the real time experience we desire consistency in configuration is key. Few have access to the Nvidia 2200 S4, few know Infiniband, many more cant configure Linux ethernet ports, fibre channel storage or StorNext. We don’t want our customer to get half the great experience. We want you to get the full deal. If we can make this easier in the future we will, for now we know this plan works.
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HI, the Linux app is only available as part of a system which is available from the authorized DaVinci Distributors. It also only supports the DaVinci Resolve and legacy DaVinci 2K panels.
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Lots of reasons not to fall for DV – too many to list here. In our tests Resolve on Mac beats this at half the real total cost anyway. If you are so against Mac, then our Linux solution can be a one server too – real time with 20 nodes at 2K and can do 4K; priced competitively with others HD products. The Linux is scalable to more GPUs than you can ever use; i.e. 16xFX5800 today. Double this power tomorrow.
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I have limited testing on MacPro3.1. We use 4.1 here. Different performance on PCI slots, may be ok for HD with both GTX285 or FX4800 and the GT 120. Note; GTX285 uses two additional power connections, FX4800 just one. I suggest 8GB RAM for this model but not 8GB for MacPro4.1. 6GB or 12 is better from our tests.
Official build guide coming shortly will indicate 4.1 model or newer.
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Hi guys, regardless of the desire to have new features in the MacPro and the benefits they would offer, Resolve on the currently available and shipping MacPro 4.1 series with dual quad core 2.26GHz CPU’s, 6GB RAM, NVidia CUDA powered GT120 and FX4800 with the DeckLink HD Extreme works for SD, HD and 2K in real time. The new faster CPU’s will provide a little faster r3d decoding but no change in grading performance as we use the CUDA GPU for all grading calculations. iMac is ATI only so no CUDA, thus not applicable for Resolve.
New NVidia cards are being developed all the time so at some stage everyone will gain performance benefits as these new cards are released with more CUDA cores.The current MacPro PCIe buss is fast enough for 2K work so HD and SD is a breeze.
Peter
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Dimensions for the Resolve Control Surface
1250mm wide (49 1/4 inches)
480mm deep (19″)
200mm high (8″)
allow 100 mm behind for plugs/cables (4″)The panels have a built in slide-out keyboard (from the center panel) so you don’t need extra room for a kbd but I would leave a little space for a mouse/tablet on either/both sides.
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That’s the million dollar question which will be revealed soon. I’m sure you will love it!
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Currently the HDMI output from Resolve is YUV 10-bit.
RGB 10 bit is available from the DeckLink HD-SDI in dual link and 3G standards.
Peter