[Simon Ashby]

Yeah, we installed it on a test machine. We always have a test system running a version above our production systems – just so we know what we’re looking at if we need to buy a new machine.

I read the Avid thread, and saw the listed problems, but they never said it wouldn’t install at all…

[Simon Ashby]

Well, technically, It’s conform – grade – online

We’ll relink to the original media, grade, then add supers etc in the online, and drop in the final mix too. That way we can create the various texted/textless versions fairly easily.

[Simon Ashby]

Hi Eric,

Interesting thought – I’ve got another NVidia that I’ll try as a GUI card.

Does anyone here know if you use a Aux power y-split, will the computer give the necessary power, or will it limit the card?

I’ll try using Cuda-Z on the GPU by itself, then on the GPU with y-split, and see if i get a different result.

Thanks.

[Simon Ashby]

Hey Sasha,

Not using the Q4000 as a GPU at all, only as a GUI.

But, I can’t work out why I was getting faster results when I used the 680 as both the GUI and the GPU
(1 card, not 2 680’s).

I thought that the system was always supposed to perform better when there was a dedicated GUI card.

Also, I can’t work out why I’m getting higher speeds from the 680 than the 570, ever benchmark I’ve seen says the 570 should be faster….

Our “Big” system has a Cubix, this is just a smaller “b” rig that gets used for conforms, small HD jobs, and ideally, I want to be able to use it to render out completed 4k jobs from the big room if the big room is booked, and make small changes if necessary – let’s say a single shot needs to change, for example.

[Simon Ashby]

“What apps are available to Apple that you cant get on PC? FCPX – who cares.”

Smoke
Davinci Resolve ProRes compatibility (ALEXA)

I would love (ok, so maybe love is too strong a word), to be able to run an ultra fast, rackmount, windows box, but unfortunately, while Windows is fine for editing, we need to be able to deal with ProRes files, and we also really fairly heavily on Smoke too.

Simon “Smash” Ashy
Post Production Supervisor
C3 Media
Sydney, Australia