DAVINCI RESOLVE and ***HACKINTOSH***

[luigivaltulini]

hello,
I open this new discussion,
Davinci Resolve is an excellent software certainly has a future, with this I decided to make a Hackintosh dedicated to the color correction based on Davinci.
Again, this is a Hackintosh, this system is not supported by anyone.

UPDATE 18.07.2011
LUIGI AND TEAM INSANELYMAC AND ERMAC for LION 10.7
PRESENT MACHETE


HEY GUYSSSSSSS:
I wanted to thank everyone for a lot of feedback, have helped me to understand the problems and try to solve them.
Well, I'm happy to present you the finished version of my new installer, I present "MACHETE".:w00t:
Designed to LION for Mainboard ASUS P6T7 SUPERCOMUPUTER.
News:
A: 6-core Xeon CPU Support up to 990x Desktop.
B: Built-in dsdt support the following graphics cards in their slots PCIe 3/5/6/7:
1. GT 8800
2. GT 9800
3. GTX 465
4. GTX 470
5. GTX 480
6.QUADRO 4000
C: Native to sleep
Q: Native support in slot 1 for REDROCKET
E: Native support in slot 2 for the Blackmagic 3D
F: Support for a card in slot 4 raid. ARECA or ATTO.
G: update 10.7.1

Machete is only used with 3 or 4 nVidia cards, not support one video card, if there are requests in the future you can add, but then again the system is dedicated to RESOLVE DAVINCI.
Well follow the video tutorial for the installation.
If you have problems I am here as always;):thumbup1:
For maximum speed I suggest you hd SSD:w00t:
I recommend to disable update I'll tell you when you can do;):dupe:
next destination gtx 580 or 590;)

thanks
Luigi

MACHETE installer,:thumbup1:
added at the new installer can select 3 nvidia GPU, with the other free slots, and 2 NVIDIA Quadro GPUs"this is in beta test".

3 gpu is:
slot:
1. free
2. free
3. nvidia
4: free
5: nvidia
6: free
7: nvidia

for 2 quadro 4000:
slot:
1: free
2: free
3: quadro 4000
4: free
5: quadro 4000
6: free
7: free

choose the amount of GPU Lion just installed on the boot partition.

DOWNLOAD HERE MACHETE + VIDEOTUTORIAL
https://rapidshare.com/files/464801124/Machete2.zip (https://rapidshare.com/files/52784098/machete2.zip)


BIOS SETTING ASUS SUPERCOMPUTER.
https://rapidshare.com/files/446948105/bios_setting.zip




UPDATE 16.09.2011
Thanks guys,
40000 visits in a short time, I'm flattered.:devil:
This is why I prepared a little surprise, I updated "Machete" to version 3 .
Includes beta support for 570/580/590(only 1 gpu for gtx 590) , and videos tutorial step by step.
Follow the tutorials in this series:
1. part1
2. part3
4. Part4 +Part4a+ Part4b have photos, do a reboot at the end
5. Part5, this being update to 10.7.1.

I'm here if you have questions.
The GTX supports, are of the EVGA model.



thanks
Luigi


https://rapidshare.com/files/3092412...e_version3.zip (https://rapidshare.com/files/3092412797/Machete_version3.zip)


____tips and triks____

Thanks to
ROHIT GUPTA and JOSE.
look my post N.47

For best performance setting in DAVINCI DEBUG MENU
LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 2 ***GPU you HAVE in HACK**
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 *** 0 1 2 .. GPU ***
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1 *** 1 Default ***

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Looks like a nice configuration, very interested to see how it all works out!

For a RAID card, take a look at the ATTO R6xx cards. Areca also makes nice SATA/SAS RAID cards that work well under OSX and they're EFI bootable. The ATTO cards are the favorite for OSX use, but are not actually bootable on the Mac. They're very reliable with good performance and also work best for controlling LTO tape systems under OSX.

HighPoint RocketRAID cards are good too for eSATA RAID.

[Alex Carr]

What Bios version are you on?

I like the Highpoint for a nice cheap Hardware Raid, I've been wanting to jump for the R680 soon.

[michael zaletel]

Interested...

[David Kellermann]

I got the Areca 1880-i which supports Sata-6Gbs and is bootable under MacOSX. It's also manageable over ethernet since it has it's own ethernet port.

Yesterday was my first attempt at installing Hackintosh on my Asus P6T7... but I didn't got further than a grey screen with a mouse (after the Mac logo)... I hope that I'll have more success tonight:smiley:

[Jose Lomeña]

I have sonnet e4p. It add up to 20 disks with port multiplier. The card is very stable.

[Alex Carr]

Here's a quick tutorial to install osx to any drive without burning or booting a Retail Install DVD, initially requires a Mac for setup and can be helpful even for installing to a Real Mac.

1. Boot into any OSX install, Download program ShowallFiles.app. Or use any way to see hidden files.
2. Create a .iso /.dmg of your Retail OSX Install DVD (optional, if installing multiple times very helpful)
3. Navigate to your /System/Installation/Packages/ on the Retail Install DVD
4. Find the file OSInstall.mpkg and open it. This is the Installer that runs when you boot the Install DVD.
5. Follow through the dialog like you normally would if booted from a Install DVD. Make sure to change installer to target partition.
6. You can update at this point, and install any files required for first boot.
7. If for a real mac, you will need to bless System folder and setBoot

With this method, I can be installed, updated, booted, and configured in about 25minutes. Provided I have necessary files.

[luigivaltulini]

thanks guys,

Jeff , Simplify the ATTO is the best you're right I also use it in the world television broadcast.
I would like to know from you what you think of the card Areca ARC-1880I, I think the price good quality, I long for your personal evaluation given your experience.

David is also your welcome, i wait your i screenshot of P6T7 ;)


I saw Jose in the post that you are an expert in Gigabyte UD9 , have you used the UD9 maybe a dump of the bios?
If you like we can put together ideas for two mainboard with 2 nf200.

Alex would you do a simple upgrade installation guide + step by step to e-mail so that it can be put in my guide, with screenshoot.Also if you have time and desire.
The bios using is 811 + 904 and the P6T7 is revion 2.0

Thanks again to everyone :thumbup1:
excuse for my bad english
Luigi


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[luigivaltulini]

ENJOY NEW GUIDE

[Gunleik Groven]

This is for single CPU (and I guess that's just fine for a DaVinci)

A complete list of components would have been great

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Gunleik , download my guide ;)

thanks for your post

LUIGI

[BIJU PAUL]

Hi Luigi,

Why 3 or 4? Is it possible with just 2 460/470/480 ? if no any specific reason? and if yes, can I use the same guide and tools?

BP

[luigivaltulini]

hello BP,
eheh eheh I also ask you a question, because only 2 gtx cards?
I think many people buy cubix and I think this is an economical solution without spending a lot and have a bit of GPU, help in the case of many nodes. I never tire of saying that to get the real-time you need a redrocket and very good hard drive raid. this is the only way possible.
To return to your question if you can only use 2 cards, my tools will work but will probably hang the system to boot.
This is because getting IOinterrupt modified to be able to load 3 gtx.
If you want I can try to reprogram the dsdt for 2 gtx not assure you anything.
But there's worth? a GTX costs $ 250:cornut:

you have the P6T7?
which video card you have?


Luigi

[Jiri Wolf]

I'd like to do hackintosh with EVGA Classified SR-2 and a few quadro 4000.
Is there someone who had a hackintosh on it?

[BIJU PAUL]

hello BP,

you have the P6T7?
which video card you have?


Luigi

No, as of now I've Intel DX58SO with i7 950 and one 470GTX (also have an old 275GTX too)

with thanks,
Biju

[David Kellermann]

ENJOY NEW GUIDE

Great! Now I just have to work out the problem with the leaking watercooling bridge (aquacomputer twinconnect)... But a replacement should arrive soon.

[luigivaltulini]

For xxxxx,
thanks for your e-mail xxxxx asked me:

I'm looking at 3 x 460's to keep the cost fairly low.
I notice some cards are 762gb, some are 1gb and some are even 2gb such as this one: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/234943
If I purchase the 2gb will it work in a hackintosh? And will it give better performance?

REPONSE:

good idea to keep the price low.
It works fine with these cards EVGA EE 460 1GB
It is something you earn, but very little. you do not recommend it.

For HARRIS,
thanks for your e-mail Harris asked me:

Hi Luigi, hope you're well and thanks so much for putting up the Hackintosh guild. I was
wondering with 3 gtx, + 2 slots for Blackmagic 3d+ card how many slots are left? Also do
you have a case that you would recommend for this set up. Maybe a Roswell or Coolermaster?
Also how well does this system work with other software i.e Master collection and the usual
computer software for everyday use. Also do you think it's possible to do the SR-2 dual
setup?

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for your time.

Harris

Reponse:

as I said in the guide, air system with 3 video cards still have two free slots. If you use
the water system you have 4 free slots.
Eheheh I like G5 case, the use in this moment Corsair 800D.
Yes i use this system for all, final cut, premiere, davinci, word .. for all. I have no
problems.
All I ask if you can use the EVGA SR-2, I say that not make sense,
spending a lot. at this point buy a Mac Pro. Anyway to answer your question, there are people that use the SR-2 as Hackintosh, I would love to, it would be another great adventure for me;) but in this moment no have money for this.

many thanks

LUIGI

[Alex Carr]

I'd like to do hackintosh with EVGA Classified SR-2 and a few quadro 4000.
Is there someone who had a hackintosh on it?

EVGA SR-2 does work, there is a guide online. Thats the board to go with, it's almost identical to the P6T7. With the exception of the newer Marvell LAN. I'm very close to starting that build myself. But just for CPU+Mobo starts at $1200. A good (empty) Quad i7 Hack starts around $2000. It would be +$500 to go with the SR-2. If you go with a faster CPU your cost doubles on each CPU. Depending how you build it the cost increases pretty dramatically.

Even if the cost is more than a MacPro I'd rather go with the SR-2. A MacPro is too limited for my tastes just to have a tiny bit more stability. The functionality is Far beyond that of a MacPro.

[Jiri Wolf]

EVGA SR-2 does work, there is a guide online. Thats the board to go with, it's almost identical to the P6T7. With the exception of the newer Marvell LAN. I'm very close to starting that build myself. But just for CPU+Mobo starts at $1200. A good (empty) Quad i7 Hack starts around $2000. It would be +$500 to go with the SR-2. If you go with a faster CPU your cost doubles on each CPU. Depending how you build it the cost increases pretty dramatically.

Even if the cost is more than a MacPro I'd rather go with the SR-2. A MacPro is too limited for my tastes just to have a tiny bit more stability. The functionality is Far beyond that of a MacPro.

Thank you, could you send me a link with the guide on SR-2? I didn't find it.
I know it will be more expansive than MacPro but SR-2 is just amazing board and there is a lot advantages with SR-2.

[Alex Carr]

I can't find it now either, but I know for a fact it works. There are several reports of it working. Anything X58 and ICH10R works. Audio/LAN I can't be sure of. I definitely don't want to waste a pci-e slot for a LAN card unless its 4 port and supports 802.3ad.

[L Wachowski]

http:////70.38.54.187/g/399/fd491a6e-2c67-44cd-b6cc-a34ad05f1c0b.jpg
I can't find it now either, but I know for a fact it works. There are several reports of it working. Anything X58 and ICH10R works. Audio/LAN I can't be sure of. I definitely don't want to waste a pci-e slot for a LAN card unless its 4 port and supports 802.3ad.

[Jiri Wolf]

Yes i found a few times that SR-2 is compatible with OSx but some guide will be very helpfull. I heard that's not very easy to do and also LAN not working.

So if someone have some experiences with this board i think a lot of people waiting for some advice. Thanks

[L Wachowski]

Who needs liquid cooling when you have two turbines from a Lear Jet inside your computer case? :nono:




http:////70.38.54.187/g/399/0a84ab34-0e7f-46a4-b48d-bc382ee7223f.jpg

[luigivaltulini]

Please people
use this thread we speak only of P6T7 supercomputer for installation and Davinci, if you want , open another thread for the sr-2.:smile:

[L Wachowski]

Please people
use this thread we speak only of P6T7 supercomputer for installation and Davinci, if you want , open another thread for the sr-2.:smile:


My mistake. I did not see "P6T7 Supercomputer Only" in the title of your post. All I saw was, "DaVinci Resolve and ***Hackintosh***". I will sit closer to my monitor next time.

[luigivaltulini]

DEAR Wachowski
Cinebench is not Davinci .....
and
*****I will sit closer to my monitor next time***** :hand:


Please open another thread with its beautiful photos of to help people reduser. Make a guide on how to install OS X on a Hackintosh with maiboard sr-2, provided that everything is working with various tools, I hope you will be able to do so.


thanks

Luigi

[Kyle Carter]

Sigh.... ICH10R chipset has RAID built in...

[luigivaltulini]

excuse me Kyle,
but what do you do with ICH10R?
if you want to make a raid, is possible only with Apple software.
with p6t7 is possible make a raid with 5 disk but 1 disk is for boot.

[Alex Carr]

Sigh.... ICH10R chipset has RAID built in...

If you boot from ICH10R you set your drives to AHCI.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

The integrated RAID in the south bridge is kinda crap and AHCI has a performance penalty. It doesn't jive 100% EFI monitoring in OSX, either. It can occasionally screw with the system being able to properly suspend or sleep. Apple ignores the ICH10R RAID, AHCI, etc.. for a reason. AFAIK, Apple has their own hardware configuration system within the Apple EFI that is not AHCI compliant.

I have yet to see any on-board RAID integrated into an Intel chipset or on a production motherboard that is worth a crap. Always have had better luck with third-party RAID hosts. In OSX and for hackintosh use, the best two options are ATTO and Areca. ATTO is a bit more robust and interfaces properly with LTO systems. Areca has some nice config options and are EFI bootable for OSX (ATTO is not). If we're just talking Windows PC, then the cards from 3Ware and HighPoint are great too. I've given up on Adaptec, their SAS solutions are a step behind everyone else it seems. HighPoint is good on the Mac for eSATA solutions, but their SAS doesn't like LTO and their HBAs are not bootable. They still do Mac/PC eSATA RAID that's pretty fast and cheap though.

[David Kellermann]

I tried to set up my system with Luigi's guide (thanks again for it!). I installed OSX from a MacMini to an Sata hard disk drive which I connected later to the Sata1 port on the P6T7.
Unfortunately, after the BIOS screen, all I see is a blinking underline.

My setup (from CPU downwards)

1 - empty
2 - empty
3 - GTX480
4 - Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca RAID 1880-i (8 port sata)
7 - GTX480

I can't really change this setup, since all 3 GPUs are connected over a watercooling bridge which I don't really want to take out since it took me already years to make it work.
And the other cards are under that bridge (Aquacomputer Twinconnect). Does someone know where the error might be? Or how to integrate drivers into the OSX installer?

There's an other walkthrough (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=1062) but it's configured for 2x GTX285.
I got the files for 3x GTX480 (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=509) and installed them into the com.apple.boot.plist on the OSX install (the hard drive, not the 1GB USB bootloader).
But without success.

Does someone know if I can first install to a normal drive and then (if it finally works) somehow clone the install to the RAID?

[luigivaltulini]

I tried to set up my system with Luigi's guide (thanks again for it!). I installed OSX from a MacMini to an Sata hard disk drive which I connected later to the Sata1 port on the P6T7.
Unfortunately, after the BIOS screen, all I see is a blinking underline.

My setup (from CPU downwards)

1 - empty
2 - empty
3 - GTX480
4 - Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca RAID 1880-i (8 port sata)
7 - GTX480

I can't really change this setup, since all 3 GPUs are connected over a watercooling bridge which I don't really want to take out since it took me already years to make it work.
And the other cards are under that bridge (Aquacomputer Twinconnect). Does someone know where the error might be? Or how to integrate drivers into the OSX installer?

There's an other walkthrough (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=1062) but it's configured for 2x GTX285.
I got the files for 3x GTX480 (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=509) and installed them into the com.apple.boot.plist on the OSX install (the hard drive, not the 1GB USB bootloader).
But without success.

Does someone know if I can first install to a normal drive and then (if it finally works) somehow clone the install to the RAID?


CIao DAvid,
yes you have wrong this:


you not have selectect in chameleon standart efi , this cause a blink after bios ;)

try again David
excuse me not have write in the guide ;(
i post foto

attention if you install Chameleon, get yet my utility after

Does someone know if I can first install to a normal drive and then (if it finally works) somehow clone the install to the RAID?
Yes david is possible ;)

[David Kellermann]

Hi Luigi,

it was connected to Sata port0, which is labeled Sata1 on the mainboard. There was some problem with chameleon, but finally OSX started. OSX runs perfectly, all the GPUs are recognized.

Should I still install the modified Fermi drivers from TonymacX?

Do you have by chance a collection of drivers for ethernet, audio etc? Those aren't yet recognized in OSX

Thanks again for all the help!

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Luigi,

it was connected to Sata port0, which is labeled Sata1 on the mainboard. There was some problem with chameleon, but finally OSX started. OSX runs perfectly, all the GPUs are recognized.

Should I still install the modified Fermi drivers from TonymacX?

Do you have by chance a collection of drivers for ethernet, audio etc? Those aren't yet recognized in OSX

Thanks again for all the help!


Ok David , If you can see DESKTOP,fermi are ok ;) , i think problem is you not have patched with my tools ASUSU SUPERCOMPUTER NVIDIA after chameleon.THIS IS IMPORTANT you see my guide.
not need drivers, and everything 'already included

[luigivaltulini]

*******NEW NEW NEW NEW****:hurray:
well as promised today I finished the new installer for 4 gtx.
look at the first post********

****WONDERFUL HACKINTOSH****

work:
4 gtx 460/470/480
blackmagic 3d
audio+digital out
6 sata port (ich10r)

not work:
sas port
external sata ( i work for this kext)

[luigivaltulini]

David Kellermann write to me email :

Hi Luigi,with the latest firmware, bios etc the Areca 1880 works perfectly... I'm booting OSX from it :thumbup:Thanks you David for testing Areca 1880i in p6t7 mainboard with my patch.:biggrin:

David configured Asus : 1 free slot ,2 blackmagic 3d, 3 gtx 480,4 Areca 1880i,5 gtx 480,6 free slot,7 gtx 480

Ok i wait your result another person to test REDROCKET card in this system.

thanks
LUIGI

[David Kellermann]

Thanks to Luigi, I was able to set up my Hackintosh. Everything is working flawlessly!

The components:

ASUS P6T7 WS SuperComputer, X58
Intel Core i7-950, 4x 3.06GHz
24GB DDR3 1600 RAM
3x GTX 480 watercooled (Aquacomputer connected via Twinconnect)
DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+
RAID (8x 1TB RAID0 ARC-1880-i)

My configuration:

1 - empty
2 - empty (HMDI output)
3 - GTX480
4 - Blackmagic Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca 1880i
7 - GTX480

I partitioned the RAID0. Booting from it works perfectly (I'll set up a dual boot with Windows 7).

The read/write speeds are awesome. Aja disk test (system cache disabled) 3500MB/s read / 2000MB/s write:eek:

Does someone know how to disable the system cache (either for OSX or for DaVinci)?

Would you place a 4th GPU (GT210 or something similar) into the first PCIe slot? Or would it slow down the three GTX480s?

I'll post some DaVinci tests in the next days...

[luigivaltulini]

The read/write speeds are awesome. Aja disk test (system cache disabled) 3500MB/s read / 2000MB/s write:eek:



AMAZING DAVID :hurray: your RAID is a SHUTTLE eheheh


Would you place a 4th GPU (GT210 or something similar) into the first PCIe slot? Or would it slow down the three GTX480s?

Is possible only if you insert, in your case, another gtx 480 in slot 6 and position your areca card in slot 1 or 2 and download my patch for 4 gtx ;)
But for this is important up sistem with 3 gtx , download my patch for 4 gtx and run, shutdown , insert video card and change slot for Areca and up system.

Well i wait your test , you are colorist? thanks again

[Alex Carr]

Red Rocket works perfect in my P6T7. After a recent re-install, to a new larger SSD. I realized I had compiled DSDT without Red Rocket and BlackMagic present in the computer. Got a DSDT error during startup... So You'll maybe need to extract a new DSDT when using them, meaning inserting NULLCPUpowermanagement.kext to /Extra/Extensions/, removing DSDT.aml, repairing Extensions.mkext, booting, extracting new ACPI table, editing, then remove NullCPUPM.kext, repair Extensions.mkext, and insert new DSDT.aml.

[luigivaltulini]

Red Rocket works perfect in my P6T7..

WOW ,Thanks ALex , I appreciate your post.
How many fps you have in play with video 4.5k to timeline 1080.



Got a DSDT error during startup..

Yes ALex , this is a problem with a different configuration.
What is your configuration ? (card in slot)

if you want to send your extra folder to make an installer for those who make a setup like yours, are you okay ALEX?

[PaulClements]

My configuration:

1 - empty
2 - empty (HMDI output)
3 - GTX480
4 - Blackmagic Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca 1880i
7 - GTX480


Quick question, does the P6T7 allow for double spaced PCIe cards not to overlap the other PCIe slots or are you using some other means to keep the cards using only one PCIe slot. Does watercooling allow you to lose the large fans and hence allow you to fit your Areca and BM decklink in between? Looking at the board I always imagined those types of graphics cards would always create this issue.
Paul

[David Kellermann]

Quick question, does the P6T7 allow for double spaced PCIe cards not to overlap the other PCIe slots or are you using some other means to keep the cards using only one PCIe slot. Does watercooling allow you to lose the large fans and hence allow you to fit your Areca and BM decklink in between? Looking at the board I always imagined those types of graphics cards would always create this issue.
Paul

Hi Paul,

the fans would normally overlap a second PCIe slot. I'm using Aquacomputer coolers to fit the cards into a single slot. The coolers are awesome and not to expansiv, but their connector (Twinconnect) is terrible. I flooded my PC three times before it worked (fortunaltey I started a test run without plugging the PC in, powering the pump from an old power supply). Water was leaking out between the bridge and the cooler. It's possible to fix it with silicon sealant.

The Areca and the Blackmagic cards fit in between (I had to remove for both cards a srew on the watercoolers which were blocking their fans).

If I would set up a new system, I would rather take a different company then Aquacomputer, where it's possible to screw the plugs directly into the cooler. Just be sure that the connectors are high enough so they don't block other cards (the Areca is low profile anyway).

Maybe these:

http://www.aquatuning.de/product_info.php/info/p2957_Phobya-variable-SLI-Crossfire-VID-connection-nipple-G1-4----1-Slot.html

A good shop wich I would recommend:

http://www.aquatuning.de/index.php/language/en

If you have any questions, write me a pm.
David

PS: I'm not working for Aquatuning, I just had good experience with them:smile5:

[luigivaltulini]

connector (Twinconnect) is terrible. I flooded my PC three times before it worked (fortunaltey I started a test run without plugging the PC in, powering the pump from an old power supply). Water was leaking out between the bridge and the cooler. It's possible to fix it with silicon sealant.




yess i Quote David , is terrible ...........

[Justen Nguyen]

luigi, thank you for this!

[luigivaltulini]

luigi, thank you for this!

thanks guys.:thumbsup:
and thanks you Justin :)

[luigivaltulini]

CIAO GUYS,
I worked hard for this problem, the system had problems installing Avid 5.0.3 and some soft of Foundry. SystemID did not recognize the machine (see screenshot).
Fixed bug with digital audio + USB+ increases system stability and performance + integrate 2 lan in table , now the ACPI tables are APPLE'S LIKE :thumbsup:

Find the link to download in first post and find the new installer CUDA GENERATION .(this link have a utility for check systemID)
I recommend you backup your system!! so it does not work you can restart.

and download bios Pics (link first page for max stability settings)

I look forward to hearing from you

LUIGI

[luigivaltulini]

Thanks to
ROHIT GUPTA and JOSE.

For best performance setting in DAVINCI DEBUG MENU
LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 2 ***GPU you HAVE in HACK**
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 *** 0 1 2 .. GPU ***
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1 *** 1 Default ***

SEe pics in my case 4 gtx

[ajaykumar]

Hi luigivaltulini..thanks for your tutorials .
i have a Intel Core2 Duo Cpu E8400,Intel media series motherboard,4gb ddr3 ram
with quadro fx 1800..system..can i convert as a hackintosh and run Davinci for my learning purpose? please help me

[luigivaltulini]

Hi luigivaltulini..thanks for your tutorials .
i have a Intel Core2 Duo Cpu E8400,Intel media series motherboard,4gb ddr3 ram
with quadro fx 1800..system..can i convert as a hackintosh and run Davinci for my learning purpose? please help me


you can try. But it is difficult even for the ACPI table. you have
Snow leopard original and a Mac running?


1. which motherboard? gigabyte, asus, intel? model?

[ajaykumar]

sorry ..i dont have Mac system ,
here is my system details:-
motherboard:Intel media series DP35
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~2999 Mhz[Intel Core2 Duo Cpu E8400]
Quadro fx 1800

[ajaykumar]

some more details here..
Intel[R] Core [TM]2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00 GHz
motherboard: Intel Media series DP35DP

[luigivaltulini]

CIao AJAYKUMAR
Follow this guide and try.

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html

Please contact me to PM not in this THREAD , this is only for P6T7 ws.

ciao
Luigi



some more details here..
Intel[R] Core [TM]2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00 GHz
motherboard: Intel Media series DP35DP

[luigivaltulini]

Tested new Davinci 7.1.1 update, everything works correctly in this configuration.

thanks
luigi

[ajaykumar]

Is it Quadro fx 1800 comfortable with P6T7 ws& i7 for Davinci ???

[luigivaltulini]

Is it Quadro fx 1800 comfortable with P6T7 ws& i7 for Davinci ???


The fx 1800 is a Quadro entry level,
is only 64 core cuda is low !!!!!!!!!!

probably works, I've never tried and I can not know if all video cards work with hacks.
I'm sorry but I can not help in this case.
sorry AJAYKUMAR


thanks
Luigi

[Alex Carr]

Is it Quadro fx 1800 comfortable with P6T7 ws& i7 for Davinci ???

Have you asked google yet? You'd find your answer in mere seconds, the only way this works is with research and experimenting. Not asking other people for the answer

[Tony Bacak]

sensational:)
will run for an asus board
all other tools in the house:)
great news

[David Kellermann]

Hi Luigi,

could you please reupload the Cuda update and the fix for the system id? Rapidshare removed it...

For the DaVinci GPU mapping. I have three GTX480s in slot 3/5/7. Should it look like this?

LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 3
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 2
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1

Thanks:smile5:

[luigivaltulini]

ooopss. correct link :) try download.
yes for Davinci GPU in debug menu.

David, I recommend you save your configuration and write if everything is gone well with CUDA GENERATION . Is a Beta !!!!
I wait YOu post

thanks a lot
LUIGI







Hi Luigi,

could you please reupload the Cuda update and the fix for the system id? Rapidshare removed it...

For the DaVinci GPU mapping. I have three GTX480s in slot 3/5/7. Should it look like this?

LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 3
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 2
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1

Thanks:smile5:

[Paul Sage]

This question may have already been asked, but will a quadro fx 5500 (pc card, not "flashed" for mac) work in this system?
If not, are the GTX480 cards that you are using "flashed" for mac or are they regular pc cards?
Thanks for the guide!

[luigivaltulini]

Ciao Paul,
the 5500 I do not know, I've never tried.
The cards gtx 460 or 470 or 480 are the regular PC card not "flashed" MAC.


thanks you
LUIGI

[Paul Sage]

thanks for the response Luigi.
Which card are you using for you gui?

[luigivaltulini]

460 or 470 or 480.
i have 4 gtx 470 in my system , 3 gpu and 1 gui :)

thanks
Luigi

[Alex Carr]

How does the Mac 5500 work? Out of Box? Or are there drivers needed?

I wouldn't flash it to a Mac version just yet, it may not behave well on Windows and Linux OS.

[Paul Sage]

@Alex
Not sure if your 5500 question was for me or Luigi. But the fx5500 that I have is for PC.

@Luigi
Question about performance.
What is your average render speed (fps) for HD/2K material (DPX material only, not R3D or other compressed formats) when reading and writing from/to the same raid volume?

Thanks!

[Alex Carr]

Yeah, I was just curious how a 5500 works on a real Mac. Whatever steps you need on a real mac are mostly the same. You should only have to Install appropriate mac driver(if any), then add gfx string to bootloader in the com.apple.boot.plist. Just check that Quartz Extreme and Core Image are enabled.

[luigivaltulini]

@Alex
Not sure if your 5500 question was for me or Luigi. But the fx5500 that I have is for PC.

@Luigi
Question about performance.
What is your average render speed (fps) for HD/2K material (DPX material only, not R3D or other compressed formats) when reading and writing from/to the same raid volume?

Thanks!

Ciao Paul,

for R3D 4/4.5k to 1920x1080 half resolution is about 15 fps
" to 1920x1080 full resolution is about 4/7 fps
" " " Quarter " is real time
For DPX 4/4.5k to 1920x 1080 full/half/quarter/ resolution my system is 5/6 fps to render
my raid is raid0 with internal sata ,4 drive speed about 320 mb/s

Attention Paul more video card not help in render R3D , in this case help you only more CPU and Red rocket card.See post ALEX or JEFF or ANDRAE or DAVID , cuda help you only for grading color more nodes .
If you render R3D in Full resolution only solution is redrocket or buy MACPRO 24 core for half resolution in real time.


thanks
Luigi

[Vincenzo Pellegrino]

Hello.

I have a MOBO P6T7 WAS Supercomputer
i7 975 Extreme
12 GB DDR3
QuadroFX 4800
etc., etc. ...

But I can not install any distro.

When I try to install, appears a second white screen with apple and then restart the computer ...

I need modified bios?

Thanks.

[Tim Whitcomb]

Hello.

I have a MOBO P6T7 WAS Supercomputer
i7 975 Extreme
12 GB DDR3
QuadroFX 4800
etc., etc. ...

But I can not install any distro.

When I try to install, appears a second white screen with apple and then restart the computer ...

I need modified bios?

Thanks.

seriously dude, what part of these first 5 sentences in the FIRST paragraph when you signed up was unclear? I mean this is the FIRST THING that appears.

Forum Rules

REDuser is a Real Names Community. Please register using your real name. First name only is not acceptable. We prefer that you use both your full first and last name. However, you may use an initial for your first or last name (but not both). Please place a space or a character, such as _ between the two names.

you can change your name here -> http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=32432

[noto]

Hi David, what card are you using for your GUI in resolve? I assume the 3-way SLI are all for processing?

I am starting a build and originally bought 3 460's as per the guide, but come to find out they ARE NOT compatible with 3-way SLI, ONLY 2-way SLI.

So i am returning to newEgg, and getting the 470's instead.

But i am now curious how everyone is running their gui monitor, and which cards they are using for that.

thanks,

noto


I tried to set up my system with Luigi's guide (thanks again for it!). I installed OSX from a MacMini to an Sata hard disk drive which I connected later to the Sata1 port on the P6T7.
Unfortunately, after the BIOS screen, all I see is a blinking underline.

My setup (from CPU downwards)

1 - empty
2 - empty
3 - GTX480
4 - Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca RAID 1880-i (8 port sata)
7 - GTX480

I can't really change this setup, since all 3 GPUs are connected over a watercooling bridge which I don't really want to take out since it took me already years to make it work.
And the other cards are under that bridge (Aquacomputer Twinconnect). Does someone know where the error might be? Or how to integrate drivers into the OSX installer?

There's an other walkthrough (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=1062) but it's configured for 2x GTX285.
I got the files for 3x GTX480 (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=509) and installed them into the com.apple.boot.plist on the OSX install (the hard drive, not the 1GB USB bootloader).
But without success.

Does someone know if I can first install to a normal drive and then (if it finally works) somehow clone the install to the RAID?

[David Kellermann]

Hi Noto,

fist off all.... please change your name since RedUser is a real name forum (see thread above from Tim).

I'm using the GTX480 in the third slot as GUI, just as you can see in the post you quoted. I'm not really sure whether an other GPU than a GTX 480 would work as a GUI. As far as I know all GPUs should be the same. Also I think I read that DaVinci is using half of the GUI GPU also for processing and that a slower GPU would slow the whole system down. Don't take that for granted, since I never tried it.

@ Luigi: I installed your CUDA Generation update, but get an error quite often when I try to shut down the PC. Did you run into the same problem?

This week I'll finally have some time to work with DaVinci on a feature film. Any issues with long projects? I graded until now only commercials with it, so I'm happy for any tips concerning longer projects. The film was shot on Canon DSLRs, so I'm using 10bit DPX files.

[luigivaltulini]

@ Luigi: I installed your CUDA Generation update, but get an error quite often when I try to shut down the PC. Did you run into the same problem?



Ciao DAvid,
no have a problem , shut down in my p6 is perfect, what is your problem?
try Pfix in terminal.

hey David you have a problem freeze with your nvidia ? look this

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8015&start=0

or this

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=187401

this problem is with new driver Fermi Nvidia MAc OS and Windows system.

ciao
Luigi

[md rutherford]

Many Thanks to Luigi and all of the RedUsers on this forum.

It took a month of research and a day of building, but overall the system went pretty smooth. This was my 8th osx86 build, and i am really happy w/ this machine so far. Here are my specs:

Corsair 800D Case
i7 960 (not overclocked yet)
24gb Corsair Ram

slot 1- sonnet tempo e2p sata controller
slot 2- Blackmagic decklink SDI
slot 3- EVGA GTX 470
slot 4- open
slot 5- EVGA GTX 470
slot 6 - open
slot 7- EVGA GTX 470

Pictures coming soon.

MD

[luigivaltulini]

Coming soon....
with team Insanelymac and IRESET i finish the new installer for 4 gtx evga 470 liquid coleed with Black magic 3d . this new installer inject directly the driver in dsdt table and the system is more better in performance and stability in Davinci system.
if you want to make beta tester contact me .
This istaller coming the next week.:thumbup1:


thanks
luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Ok GUYS,

WITH TEAM INSANELYMAC AND IRESET I FINISH NEW INSTALLER.:w00t:

INSTALLER CUDA GENERATION 2 IS COMPLETE WITH CHAMELEON AND DRIVER AUDIO AND DRIVER NVIDIA FERMI AND ROM OF EVGA GTX 470, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER GTX (ASUS,POWERCOLOR,ECC...)CONTACT ME FOR CUSTOM INSTALLER.


THANKS A LOT :cheers2:
LUIGI

[md rutherford]

Here are a few pictures of the competed Resolve Rig. Many Thanks to Luigi and this Forum.




The DeathStar:
-Running stable on OSX 10.6.6
-2k proRes 4444 real time with multiple nodes.
-R3D 4k half res ~16 fps with multiple nodes, quarter res real time
-Geekbench: 12,560

Corsair 800D Obsidian Case
i7 960 overclocked to 4.0Ghz
24gb Corsair RAM
slot 1- sonnet tempo e2p sata controller
slot 2- Blackmagic decklink SDI
slot 3- EVGA GTX 470
slot 4- open
slot 5- EVGA GTX 470
slot 6 - open
slot 7- EVGA GTX 470

More improvements to come!

:cheers2:

http://bit.ly/er7eF0

http://bit.ly/f3yd20

http://bit.ly/fer7ed

http://bit.ly/eozEV5

http://bit.ly/giqiY9

http://bit.ly/eaxNqq

http://bit.ly/fyJDSO

[luigivaltulini]

Thanks to you Rutherford i am happy for you ;):cheers2:

ok new update 10.6.7 not resolve freeze when use GPU.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20045613-263.html
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2768351&tstart=0

test with this ----->>>>>>
http://mbp-freeze.wikispaces.com/

ok i added in the first page CUDA GENERATION 2 , and the old installer legacy for 3 gtx.
CUDA GENERATION 2 IS DESIGNED FOR ONLY 3 OR 4 gtx 470 EVGA, i work for the another installer with EVGA GTX 480 .NOT USE FOR OTHER GTX:dupe:

THE NEWS IN THIS INSTALLER:

1. RESOLVE BUG SYSTEM ID
2. ADDED GRAFIC CARD IN DSDT TABLE
3. ETRA FORLDER ONLY 2 KEXT
4. ADDED AUDIO HDMI GFX
5. RESOLVE REPAIR PERMISSION

IS POSSIBLE TO UPDATE TO 10.6.7 BUT IF YOU HAVE A HANG FREEZE BACK TO 10.6.3 IN THIS MOMENT IS BETTER FOR P6T7 SUPERCOMPUTER .

[luigivaltulini]

OK MY FRIEND ,

UPDATE TO 10.6.7 BUG RESOLVED WITH TEAM INSANELYMAC ;):cheers2:

LOOK FIRST PAGE FOR GUIDE

luigi

[Paul Huynh]

hi luigi, would this work with the
GTX 460 SE cards? or non SE?


thanks

[luigivaltulini]

Hi PAUL,

you have 1 cord or you have 3 card or 4 card?
and your card is EVGA?
What is your setup ?

thanks
Luigi

[Paul Huynh]

hi luigi,

i have 3 cards all evga.

btw, thanks for the guide. really appreciate your hard work.

paul-

[Paul Huynh]

after much thought. im goin to go return the460 and pay for the 470s. haha

Do they have to be EVGA or any company is fine?

[Vincenzo Pellegrino]

Eventually I succeeded, thanks to the great svizzerotto LuigiLuigiLuigiLuigiLuigiLuigiLuigi :hurray:
Guided me step by step, and now I have a super MacPro 4.1....The system is a bomb! :drool5:

--------------------------------
Benchmark Geekbench
32 BIT : 10365
64 BIT : 11551
--------------------------------

My configuration is :
Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01
1 PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 640w
1 PSU Thermaltake 450w Toughpower Power Express VGA PSU W0157R
Asus P6T7 WS Supercomputer
CPI Intel i7 975 Extreme
12GB DDR3 GS.Kill 2000MHz
GPU Nvidia QuadroFX4800 1GB
HD 1 tera for S.O. WD10EARS CAVIAR 7200 RPM
Keyboard/Mouse Wireless Logitech with dedicated keys mac
...other HD...ecc, ecc.....

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9936/bootcopia.th.png (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/bootcopia.png/)
The system is up to Snow Leopard 10.6.7 with the latest drivers for QuadroFX 4800 and CUDA :thumbup:

Some pictures :
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7349/casens.th.jpg (http://img13.imageshack.us/i/casens.jpg/)http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4743/internocase.th.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/internocase.jpg/)http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/8474/dettaglioquadro1.th.jpg (http://img189.imageshack.us/i/dettaglioquadro1.jpg/)http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9551/psuquadrofx.th.jpg (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/psuquadrofx.jpg/)http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6633/infomac.th.png (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/infomac.png/)http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3771/monitora.th.jpg (http://img29.imageshack.us/i/monitora.jpg/)

The system is dualboot with Windows x64 Ultimate Seven ...

PS : I can also just buy a keyboard and mouse, the original and maybe even a MacPro tower case!!

[luigivaltulini]

GRazie Vincenzo is a pleausure to help you :)


Ciao PAUL
yes is much better evga 470 gtx , in my installer is added in dsdt table and rom in extra folder.
http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=012-P3-1470-AR&family=GeForce%20400%20Series%20Family&sw=

[luigivaltulini]

UPDATE INSTALLER AND NEW ENTRY *** VIDEO TUTORIAL INSTALLATION *****

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

is it possible to use intel 970, 980X or 990X?

[luigivaltulini]

ciao Mohammed,
good question :)
yes system work with 10.6.4 10.6.5 10.6.6 10.6.7 with 6 core i7(vanilla kernel), the problem is installation ,but the dvd is 10.6.3 and kernel of this not support i7 6 core.... In this moment no have a 6 core here for make and test installer.
Next day i try put kernel 10.5.0 in my installer .... not simple ....
Alternative installation is you have a little i7 for example i7 920 , install os 10.6.3 update to 10.6.7 and change processor .

thanks

LUIGI

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

molto grazie Luigi..

I have another question, does Blackmagic Decklink Extreme 3D support 10bit RGB 4:4:4 over HDMI to an HP Dreamcolor? can one use a different card than Blackmagic Decklink Extreme 3D?

thanks in advance..

[luigivaltulini]

Ciao Mohammed,
For blackmagic 3d :
Multiple Rate support SDI, HDMI and component analog video connections are switchable between standard definition and high definition. SDI switches between 270 Mb/s standard definition SDI, 1.5 Gb/s HD-SDI and 3 Gb/s HD and 2K SDI.
Video Sampling 4:2:2 and 4:4:4
Color Precision 10 bit
Color Space 4:2:2 YUV and 4:4:4 RGB


For your question about another card, my reponse is yes but in this moment i decided to support only DAVINCI RESOLVE and Blackmagic DeckLink HD Extreme 3D with my Asus p6t7 WS.:001_smile:

thanks
LUIGI

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

I was thinking about single slot cards, what do you think?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130627&cm_re=470_GTX-_-14-130-627-_-Product

maybe it can allow for more cards integration in the system, aka raid card + rocket + decklink..

[luigivaltulini]

I was thinking about single slot cards, what do you think?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130627&cm_re=470_GTX-_-14-130-627-_-Product

maybe it can allow for more cards integration in the system, aka raid card + rocket + decklink..


CIao Mohammed,
yes my beta system is water cooled.. in this moment i wait my red rocketcard for integration on my system ... Friday should be getting the card :biggrin:

[luigivaltulini]

beautiful REDROCKET , installed on my Hackintosh ......
DAVINCI R3D in 4.5K play with 16 node blur 100% into timeline 1080 24p in real time in full premium mode :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:
this is a dream ....


I'm happy of spending on the card redrocket:)
every day are increasingly happy with your products

i make a test in this daysssss


thanks LUIGI

thanks RED TEAM

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

I'm happy we have people like you Luigi..
with all my respect..

[luigivaltulini]

ciao Mohammed,


thanks you for AVATAR ;)

Respect you

thanks
Luigi

[Vincenzo Pellegrino]

beautiful REDROCKET , installed on my Hackintosh ......
DAVINCI R3D in 4.5K play with 16 node blur 100% into timeline 1080 24p in real time in full premium mode :w00t::w00t::w00t::w00t:
this is a dream ....


I'm happy of spending on the card redrocket:)
every day are increasingly happy with your products

i make a test in this daysssss


thanks LUIGI

thanks RED TEAM

L'avevo detto he eri un grande !!!! Complimenti....

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

ciao Mohammed,


thanks you for AVATAR ;)

Respect you

thanks
Luigi

it was beautiful times.. thanks..

[Paul Huynh]

wowowow. so is ur system like a quadro plex?

[Jay Gannon]

Here are a few pictures of the competed Resolve Rig. Many Thanks to Luigi and this Forum.




The DeathStar:
-Running stable on OSX 10.6.6
-2k proRes 4444 real time with multiple nodes.
-R3D 4k half res ~16 fps with multiple nodes, quarter res real time
-Geekbench: 12,560

Corsair 800D Obsidian Case
i7 960 overclocked to 4.0Ghz
24gb Corsair RAM
slot 1- sonnet tempo e2p sata controller
slot 2- Blackmagic decklink SDI
slot 3- EVGA GTX 470
slot 4- open
slot 5- EVGA GTX 470
slot 6 - open
slot 7- EVGA GTX 470

More improvements to come!

:cheers2:

http://bit.ly/er7eF0

http://bit.ly/f3yd20

http://bit.ly/fer7ed

http://bit.ly/eozEV5

http://bit.ly/giqiY9

http://bit.ly/eaxNqq

http://bit.ly/fyJDSO

Off Topic:

As a former professional systems builder that is a very very nice build man, love the cleanness of it.
Lovely work.

[luigivaltulini]

Dear Group,

I have a Hackintosh with the following configuration on which I would want to load Resolve.
I want to use a single video card, probably NVidia 9800 gt
I can upgrade my RAM.(What is minimum RAM needed?)
This is a barebones system just to learn Resolve, and I require just the GUI.
Do not require Blackmagic to capture.

Asus P7P55D-E PRO
Intel Core i7 2.94 GHz
GeForce 9500 GT
4GB RAM
MacOs 10.6.4
SATA HDD

Please Advise,
Thanks in Advance

ciao John.,

in this moment support only ASUS P6t7 Ws SUPERCOMPUTER mainboard.
I'm sorry would otherwise be too many already and it is not easy .

thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Little test with REDROCKET card.
I repeat , this is just a test , DAVINCI RESOLVE 7.1.1 add only BLUR 100 % correction.
For testing my hack run for 2 days in loop with effect . System result in perfect stability .
here are the results.

FIRST TEST:
CPU i7 950 3.08 ghz
18 gb ram ddr3
4 hd 500 in raid0 with raid soft apple whit my interl sata ich10
4 gtx 470 evga
1 blackmagic 3d
1 REDROCKET card

A: whitout rocket card 4.5k to 1080 24p :
1/4 resolution whitout node is in real time 24 fps
1/4 resolution whit 15 node is in real time 24 fps
1/2 (good) resolution without node is about 13 fps-15 fps
1/2 (good) resolution with 15 node is about 11 fps - 13 fps
FULL PREMIUM resolution without node is about 3-5 fps
FULL PREMIUM resolution with 15 node is about 2-3 fps


B: with rocket card (see video) 4.5k to 1080 24p:
1/2 (good) resolution with 19 node is real time 24 fps
FULL PREMIUM resolution with 15 node is in real time 24 fps

SECOND TEST :
CPU i950 3.08 ghz
18 gb ram ddr3
4 hd 500 in raid0 with raid soft apple whit my interl sata ich10
3 gtx 470 evga
1 blackmagic 3d
1 REDROCKET card

THIS 2 test is with my hack with 3 GTX 470 air and redrocket .
1/2 (good) resolution with 14 node is real time 24 fps
FULL PREMIUM resolution with 11 node is in real time 24 fps.



Total of cost my HACK with 4 gtx .
CPU 300 $
ram 200 $
video card 1000 $
case +power 600 $
p6t7 ws 450 $
5 hd 500 gb 250 $
liquid system 1000 $
redrocket used 2500 $
Black magic 3d 1000 $

total 7250$


Total of cost my HACK with 3 gtx air.
CPU 300 $
ram 200 $
video card 750 $
case +power 600 $
p6t7 ws 450 $
5 hd 500 gb 250 $
redrocket used 2500 $
Black magic 3d 1000 $

total 6050$


VIDEO TEST :
http://rapidshare.com/files/455759637/1_2.f4v


thanks
Luigi

[Jose Lomeña]

Hi Luigi, Do you tested this type of pcie extender?
http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/pe-flex16-g2-p-15074.html

I have pci extender and pcie x1 extender and work perfectly... maybe you can make a supercomputer without water... I recommend you gigabyte super oc 480 or 470, because you have more space to insert the extender. I didn't try 16x extender because i don't have any 16x free slot...

Saludos,

Jose.

[luigivaltulini]

Hello Jose, good solution.
I've never tried this solution.

thanks friend

Luigi

[md rutherford]

Off Topic:

As a former professional systems builder that is a very very nice build man, love the cleanness of it.
Lovely work.

Thanks for noticing Jay. I have actually improved upon those pics since then, and got the corsair h50 cpu cooler, and tidied up the wiring a lil. Makes the build look a little nicer IMO and keeps the cpu about 20 C colder. I'll try to post a pic or two soon.

cheers,
-MD

[luigivaltulini]

Cooming soon Driver CUDA 4.0

$ ./deviceQueryDrv
CUDA Device Query (Driver API) statically linked version
There is 1 device supporting CUDA

Device 0: "GeForce GTX 480"
CUDA Driver Version: 4.0
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 2.0
Total amount of global memory: 1610153984 bytes
Multiprocessors x Cores/MP = Cores: 15 (MP) x 32 (Cores/MP) = 480 (Cores)
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 32768
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Maximum sizes of each dimension of a block: 1024 x 1024 x 64
Maximum sizes of each dimension of a grid: 65535 x 65535 x 65535
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Memory Bus Width: 384-bit
Memory Clock rate: 1848.00 Mhz
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
GPU Clock rate: 1.40 GHz
Concurrent copy and execution: Yes
# of Asynchronous Copy Engines: 1
Run time limit on kernels: Yes
Integrated: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Concurrent kernel execution: Yes
Device has ECC support enabled: No
Device is using TCC driver mode: No

PASSED

[Paul Huynh]

hey luigi. i was only able to get 2 gtx470. waiting for my next paycheck in 2 weeks for hte last one but i was wondering, i have an ati 3870 mac video card. could i use that one as the gui and use the 2x gtx 470s as the gpu? bad idea?

[luigivaltulini]

ciao Paul ,
it is a bad idea,for example you could not use Mercury engine in Adobe Premiere and ecc ecc ecc.....
Then there would be no problems with the boot loader.
I'll add yet another GTX 470;)

thanks
luigi

[luigivaltulini]

improved stability, improved flow between the GPU. :hurray:
Who wants to try new CUDA 4.0 driver send me a PM.

[md rutherford]

Hi Luigi, is CUDA 4.0 stable? I am only running 10.6.6 without your new dsdt. any issues upgrading cuda to 4.0? do you think it is worth it?

[Paul Huynh]

went ahead and bought the last gtx. hopefully everything comes by friday. will update on build. thanks Luigi and everyone involved!

[luigivaltulini]

went ahead and bought the last gtx. hopefully everything comes by friday. will update on build. thanks Luigi and everyone involved!

Perfect Paul..... i wait your post... ;)



Ok added to dsdt table REDROCKET card(i love this card , is wonderfull work to 4k in real time..(this is a true HD :biggrin: ) , download dsdt and replace in /Extra folder if you have installed CUDA GENERATION 2 .

http://rapidshare.com/files/456385552/dsdt.aml.zip


New driver for Cuda RC2 4.0.13 ..... :thumbsup:

thanks
Luigi

[Peterson Mark]

How's the stability with the new Cuda 4.0?
And did it fix the problem that davinci only uses half cuda cores on Macos?

[luigivaltulini]

CIAO Peterson,
Half of cuda? all core cuda work in Macos, i hope not use Flame4cuda for test this, if you see my post 104 Cuda core is 480 for gtx 480.
If you have quadro 4000 you have 256 core , if you have gtx you have from 400 to 480 cuda core depended your gtx .In my case i use gtx 470 and i have 448 core x 4 video cards for total of 1792 core . Cuda driver 4.0 Rc2 improve stability and performance.

thanks
Luigi

[Dave P]

I think the "half the cores" rumor is either from seeing the Flam render window which did show like 240 cores for GTX480 cards or from the issue I have become aware of.

It turns out that many Hacks only run Nvidia cards at PCIE 1.0 spec instead of 2.0

This results in literally 1/2 bandwidth for transfers in and out of VRAM to CPU.

You can check your status by looking in System Profiler under "PCI Cards"

If you are running at PCIE 1 spec it will show "2.5 GT/s" and if you are running at PCIE 2.0 spec, it will show "5.0 GT/s"

You can run CUDA-Z to check your actual bandwidth as sometimes System Profiler will report incorrect number.

Download CUDA-Z and run the performance section. Pretty easy to spot the difference and the numbers correspond to the expected values.

I am attaching the bottom part of exported report. These were generated on Mac Pro using GTX480.

Apparently some means of injecting or enabling Nvidia cards will result in the lower setting.

[luigivaltulini]

If you are running at PCIE 1 spec it will show "2.5 GT/s" and if you are running at PCIE 2.0 spec, it will show "5.0 GT/s"




Ciao Dave,
some parameters can be changed in HACKINTOSH dsdt table for the system profile.

As far as I know PCI-E 1.0 x 16 is equivalent to PCI-E 2.0 x 8 only difference if your card run at pcie 2.0 16x
for speed to transfers in and out of VRAM to CPU is double , but the number of core is a problem of flame4cuda, if
you have 480 core is 480 not half , only for change speed of bandwith depend of pcie 2.0 16x or 1.0 16x . But the gtx no use total of 16x
pcie 2.0 and in this case for gpu computing 16x pcie 1.0 is perfect.

Excellent post Dave helps a lot to understand, thanks.

Luigi

[Jose Lomeña]

Ciao Dave,
some parameters can be changed in HACKINTOSH dsdt table for the system profile.

As far as I know PCI-E 1.0 x 16 is equivalent to PCI-E 2.0 x 8 only difference if your card run at pcie 2.0 16x
for speed to transfers in and out of VRAM to CPU is double , but the number of core is a problem of flame4cuda, if
you have 480 core is 480 not half , only for change speed of bandwith depend of pcie 2.0 16x or 1.0 16x . But the gtx no use total of 16x
pcie 2.0 and in this case for gpu computing 16x pcie 1.0 is perfect.

Excellent post Dave helps a lot to understand, thanks.

Luigi

Luigi are you sure that we are using 480 cuda cores?, I think we are using the half, because the performance of a gtx480 vs gtx285 is very similar, maybe flam4cuda are right...

Do you saw any improvement with cuda4.0, i have installed since a month and the performance is exactly the same...

[Dave P]

I am going to try to be careful about my wording as I am not sure if I can disclose everything.

I have been in contact with someone at Blackmagic who tried using a GTX460 and GTX470 in both a Mac and a Hack. I provided the cards for testing.

His findings where that these Fermi cards were unable to show a clear speed difference from GTX285. They were no faster in tests done at their facility.

I have been trying to figure out why superior cards showed no speed increase.

The cards were running at 2.5 GT/s. This is not important for most graphic rendering tasks, but GPU computing is all about transferring info from RAM into CPU and back.

PCIE 2.0 is important for this.

For some info:

http://code.cheesydesign.com/?p=113

Luigi's numbers indicate that he has 5.0 running..despite what system profiler says. His numbers for Pinned memory are in line with what I get for GTX470 in Mac Pro.

His numbers for Pageable are very high, I am not sure how they can be that high. He has a monster machine. But I can only report directly on what I get in a 4,1 Mac Pro.

I am about 90% certain that this is why the un-named gentleman at Blackmagic found these cards no faster.

When they return from NAB, I will provide cards that now run at 5.0 GT/s and I am hopeful that they will prove to finally "stretch their legs"

Oddly, Luigi's System Profiler indicates 2.5 but his perf figures show 5.0 (or better).

Another way to see which mode you are running in is to use IORegistry Explorer

Navigate to the card and look at "IOPCIExpressLinkStatus" if it reads 0x102 you have Full 2.0 Spec, if it is at ox101 you are stuck in 1.0 mode.

I am working with Netkas on way to enable in Hacks as well. We found a way together to do this in BIOS but I am hopeful that he can add it to an init someday.

I posted at Insanelymac to see what others were getting. Only got a couple responses, one guy at 2.5, another clearly at 5.0. Netkas hack came in at 2.5 by default. It would be good to figure out why some get 1.0 and others 2.0

Meanwhile, I will post here if and when I get Blackmagic guy to test cards again and let you know what they find.

EDIT: Ultimately, I think the CUDA-Z benchmark showing speeds above 5xxx in "pinned" is what matters. Speeds in the 2xxx-3xxx range in the "Pinned" memory section indicate 2.5 GT/s speed. Luigi has MUCH better scores in Pageable because he has a much faster system...i7 I imagine. They have faster RAM access.

[luigivaltulini]

Ciao JOSE,
yes i am sure my tools of nvidia see me 448 core and gtx 470 have this core, and for your question i dont no test why no have a gtx 285.
But i have teste 9800 gt and 460 and 8800 and flame4cuda reponse half of cuda and tools of nvida repose full cuda. A this point i hope flame4cuda is be wrong.

Ciao DAVE,
certainly be strange that the 2.5 profile in the system and I have ioreg 0x101 ((in my case i have 0x1101)) but I think they are
errors, probably the best solution is CPU-Z and control speed.
I am convinced that the cards go to a few PCIe 2.0 16x and other at 8x.
In my case I have 2 video cards in the blue slot at 16x, and two video cards in the slots to 8x blacks. In fact, two are above 5000 and 2
are above 3000.
I remain very interested in your idea Dave and waiting for your reply or edit.
I hope DAVINCI RESOLVE (blackmagic design) help the fermi card especially gtx :tongue_smilie:


Many thanks
Luigi

[Paul Huynh]

finished building an air cooled asus p6t7 supercomputer hackintosh.

THANK YOU LUIGI and Everyone else. Couldn't have done it with you guys!

p.s. ill post pics later this week. been slammed at work

p.s.s.

anyone over clock their core i7 950? if so share your settings?



thanks again!

p-

[David Kellermann]

There's a pretty good how-to guide, filled with examples. Unfortunately it's in German, but google does a good job on translating it:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fextreme.pcgameshardware.de%2Fovercl ocking-prozessoren%2F55032-how-intel-core-i7-bloomfield-overclocking.html%23a02

[Paul Huynh]

thank you!

[luigivaltulini]

Added video Tutorial for chameleon (this is new chameleon 752 only for Asus x58 thanks Ireset)

- cooming soon new installer cuda generation 3 , improve speed and stability.

[luigivaltulini]

NEW entry....
finish P6t7 supercomputer for Arnaud a Paris .....
i like much this hack but have 2 redrocket with last driver 1.4.7 and Redcine-x 452 for encode and FX 4800 nivida GPU ...... ready for EPIC
Have Davinci Resolve for GRading.
Arnaud and Sophie is are really professional people.
http://www.locared.com/





thanks
Luigi

[md rutherford]

Hey Luigi,

nice work once again! what kind of performance did you see for the 4800 compared to a GTX 470?

[luigivaltulini]

Hey Luigi,

nice work once again! what kind of performance did you see for the 4800 compared to a GTX 470?

Ciao Rutherford,
thanks for avatar.... only one word: gtx in this case is little better (is a new generation of GPU fermi)


wowo Thnaks Jose for testing Davinci with Ati, this day send my a message:

Hi Luigi,
Davinci work with 2 gtx470 gpus and ati for gui. Both monitor connected to ati. My ati card is a original mac pro 5770. Cinebench gpu results 41fps.

saludos,

Jose.


thnaks Jose for testing ... you are rock with Gigabyte board ;)


thnaks dude for MUCH Message .
Luigi

[Paul Huynh]

just a fyi. this motherboard doesn't like SSD. i tried with ocz 120,160gb vertex ii and corsair 120gb.

luigi walked me through installing on a velociraptor 300gb and then i tried to clone it on the ssd. no bueno.

has anyone gotten it to work on a ssd?

p-

[luigivaltulini]

just a fyi. this motherboard doesn't like SSD. i tried with ocz 120,160gb vertex ii and corsair 120gb.

luigi walked me through installing on a velociraptor 300gb and then i tried to clone it on the ssd. no bueno.

has anyone gotten it to work on a ssd?

p-

ciao Paul.
resolved...
I use Kingstom v100 128 gb SSD ;) and corsair Force series .
Use my videotutorial in first page .... use chameleon 752 x58 .


thnaks for your testing Paul :)
ciao
luigi

[Paul Huynh]

i finally got resolve running. but then i noticed my monitors only worked on the GPU gtx and not the gui.

and it only reads 1 gpu. would i have defective gtx 470s?

:cry:

[luigivaltulini]

i finally got resolve running. but then i noticed my monitors only worked on the GPU gtx and not the gui.

and it only reads 1 gpu. would i have defective gtx 470s?

:cry:


hi Paul,
is simple.
you see the first page? TIPS aND TRIKS


ciao
Luigi

[Arnaud Paris]

I wanted to thank Luigi for his amazing help on putting together a dual rocket P6T7 hackintosh beast with for our Epic-M R3D conversions. This guys is a genius and there is no challenge that he can't take on, really. But to do so he has spent days and nights helping us out so I really have to acknowledge all the efforts and resources he has put into this adventure.

Cheers to him.

[Jose Lomeña]

i finally got resolve running. but then i noticed my monitors only worked on the GPU gtx and not the gui.

and it only reads 1 gpu. would i have defective gtx 470s?

:cry:



try in preferences/debug this:
LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 3
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 2
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1

0 1 2 = Cards that you want to use.

saludos,

Jose

[Dave P]

Hey guys, just a quick, FYI.

There are newer Nvidia drivers in iMac update for 10.6.7

NVDAGF100Hal 1.6.34.13 (256.02.05f01)

After installing, you need to run a script to re-enable CUDA

Details at Netkas.org.

Don't know if they are faster/better but I do know they work.

Nice thing is that they finally enable OpenCl in Snow Leopard on Fermi. This includes Quadro 4000.

[Alex Carr]

just a fyi. this motherboard doesn't like SSD. i tried with ocz 120,160gb vertex ii and corsair 120gb.

luigi walked me through installing on a velociraptor 300gb and then i tried to clone it on the ssd. no bueno.

has anyone gotten it to work on a ssd?

p-

Sorry but this is incorrect, I use a multitude of SSD's with the two p6T7's I have. From Kingston, OCZ, Corsair, Patriot, etc... There is in fact a problem with the sata IRQ being used so drives other than 0 & 1 have exceptionally slow speeds. Whether they are SSD or not. 2-5 channels suffer major speeds drops, under the ICH10R.

[Paul Huynh]

so i have 3x gtx 470s. it doesn't matter which the monitors are plugged into right?

LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 2
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1

thanks guys!!

[luigivaltulini]

Sorry but this is incorrect, I use a multitude of SSD's with the two p6T7's I have. From Kingston, OCZ, Corsair, Patriot, etc... There is in fact a problem with the sata IRQ being used so drives other than 0 & 1 have exceptionally slow speeds. Whether they are SSD or not. 2-5 channels suffer major speeds drops, under the ICH10R.


Alex... send email with your configuration ... the dsdt is not right... my ssd work at maximun of velocity... i wait your email..

Paul. this
LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 3
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1 2
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1



DAVE P.
not use driver of new Imac with davinci not WORK....

thanks gayssss for fedback

Luigi

[Paul Huynh]

thanks luigi. ill update it once i get home from work.

[Paul Huynh]

score 3 gpus!!!! thank you all!

p-

[luigivaltulini]

FOr Ricardo Cabellos, your email is wrong...

for gigabyte board with Davinci contact Jose Lomena..


thanks
Luigi

[md rutherford]

Greetings Luigi,

Quick question:

When i have two displays connected to my gui GTX, on boot, the custom splash graphic (the image with resolve, and red, that takes the place of the apple on the gray startup screen) no longer displays. It is just black screen until the user login pops up.

Is this normal? Its not a big deal, I was just curious if there was an easy fix or reason this is happening.

thanks,
MD

[luigivaltulini]

HELLO GUYS,
MY LAST EFFORT FOR SNOW LEOPARD ;) and many thanks to Ireset .
I PROMISE THE INSTALLER 2 WEEK AGO..... IS HERE :w00t:
CUDA GENERATION 3 new era
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?54430-DAVINCI-RESOLVE-and-***HACKINTOSH***

ONE INSTALLER FOR ALL ... SEE MY FIRST PAGE.
MANY NEW .





CIAO MD ,
NO IS NOT NORMAL . I HOPE YOUR DIPLAYS IS CONNECTED TO FIRST GTX.
post foto of rear connectio where you connect your gtx. or send email to me.

ciao Rutherford
thanks
luigi



Greetings Luigi,

Quick question:

When i have two displays connected to my gui GTX, on boot, the custom splash graphic (the image with resolve, and red, that takes the place of the apple on the gray startup screen) no longer displays. It is just black screen until the user login pops up.

Is this normal? Its not a big deal, I was just curious if there was an easy fix or reason this is happening.

thanks,
MD

[md rutherford]

Hey Luigi.

Do you have any plans for the gtx 570? Any thoughts about it?

[luigivaltulini]

Hey Luigi.

Do you have any plans for the gtx 570? Any thoughts about it?

waiting davinci 8 and final cut x and Lion , then decide which way to go;)

thnaks
Luigi

[David Kellermann]

Hi Luigi,

thanks for sharing with us CUDA Generation 3. I installed it, but my displays aren't correctly recognized. The main display is cropped to 1240x1028, the other one is not recognized at all. I updated to 10.6.7 some weeks ago... does this matter? The Extra folder was deleted when I installed CADU Gen 3.

Thanks
David

[luigivaltulini]

CIao David...
try install driver

http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro-macosx-256.01.00f03v7-driver.html

i wait your reponse...
you have 3 gtx right?
this installer support only 3 or 4 EVGA 470 and 3 or 4 colorfour gtx 480.
ciao
luigi

[David Kellermann]

Hi Luigi,

everything works with the nVidia driver (I have 3 GTX480 Colorful).
Thanks for the link!

David

[luigivaltulini]

in the meantime do some tests on lion ............:rolleyes:

[John Edwards]

Hi all!

Firstly, THANK YOU! and well done!

I'm currently running resolve with a single GTX 285 but I need more performance. What approximate performance increase (if no I/O bottlenecks etc) could I expect from going to a single GTX 480 or Dual GTX 480 (or could I run the 285 for GUI and use 480 for GPU???)

THANKS!

[luigivaltulini]

Hi all!

Firstly, THANK YOU! and well done!

I'm currently running resolve with a single GTX 285 but I need more performance. What approximate performance increase (if no I/O bottlenecks etc) could I expect from going to a single GTX 480 or Dual GTX 480 (or could I run the 285 for GUI and use 480 for GPU???)

THANKS!

Ciao John,
thanks,
I suggest you use 2 evga GTX 470 or 2 gtx 480 colorfour + 1 GTX 285 for a GUI or all gtx 470/480, important max 3 card video in system Air if you have watercooled is possible to arrive at 4 video card.
The increase would be a better performace with more node.
If you use the R3D file is strongly recommended to use a Redrocket.
For starters, I suggest a i7 processor 960 and 24GB Ram.
Of course I'm talking about a mainboard ASUS p6t7supercomputer.

if you need other information here ;)

thanks
LUIGI

[John Edwards]

Thanks Luigi!

I'm currently running an i7@4.0GHz on a GA-EX58-UD5 [EDIT: with 12GB Corsair Platinum DDR3 RAM]. For now I think I'll use a single GTX 480 for GPU with a 285 for GUI and see how that goes (I'll find out tomorrow!). If I need a performance bump I'll sell the 480 and get a 590 when the prices come down a little (1024 Cuda cores!), or another 480.

Is it worth comparing performance with single 480 vs 480+285? or will it definitely be better with both? Also, does it matter what PCI ports I use? (I need to fit in 1x GTX 285, 1x GTX 480, 1x Blackmagic 3D (and 1xHDMI bracket), and 1xFW800. For the GA-EX58-UD5 which PCI ports would you reccommend?

I have OS X running smoothly on the hack with just the 285 (using Custombeast (i.e. DSDT.aml and /Extra configured by Tonymac for this spec machine), how would you recommend I install the 480 and update the install (if necessary?) ?


THANKS AGAIN,

[luigivaltulini]

Thanks Luigi!

I'm currently running an i7@4.0GHz on a GA-EX58-UD5 [EDIT: with 12GB Corsair Platinum DDR3 RAM]. For now I think I'll use a single GTX 480 for GPU with a 285 for GUI and see how that goes (I'll find out tomorrow!). If I need a performance bump I'll sell the 480 and get a 590 when the prices come down a little (1024 Cuda cores!), or another 480.

Is it worth comparing performance with single 480 vs 480+285? or will it definitely be better with both? Also, does it matter what PCI ports I use? (I need to fit in 1x GTX 285, 1x GTX 480, 1x Blackmagic 3D (and 1xHDMI bracket), and 1xFW800. For the GA-EX58-UD5 which PCI ports would you reccommend?

I have OS X running smoothly on the hack with just the 285 (using Custombeast (i.e. DSDT.aml and /Extra configured by Tonymac for this spec machine), how would you recommend I install the 480 and update the install (if necessary?) ?


THANKS AGAIN,

ciao John
I suggest you speak with Jose Lomena in this forum he be very practical gigabyte I only give support to the Asus P6T7 supercomputer mainboard.


thanks
Luigi ;)

[Paolo Tinari]

Luigi,
you are doing some magic here, congrats.

[luigivaltulini]

Luigi,
you are doing some magic here, congrats.

Grazie PAOLO.

thanks
luigi

[Dave P]

DAVE P.
not use driver of new Imac with davinci not WORK....

thanks gayssss for fedback

Luigi

Jose has posted in GTX480 thread about using these very same drivers. Not sure which one of you is right.

In any case, I am hopeful to find someone in Hollywood who has a Resolve Mac Pro setup who would like to find THE ANSWER as to which GPU is best RIGHT NOW.

I can provide GTX285 2 Gig and a GTX470 and a GTX480. (and Power Supply for 480). I can even provide a Quadro 4000 Mac version as well.

I need someone with licensed Resolve setup with latest updates.

Ideally the same sequence would be run through Resolve with the different cards and compared to GTX 285 1 Gig.

I am an Art Director who dabbles in GPUs. I do not have sufficient tech knowledge of Resolve to do this test. But I think that MANY people are eager to know THE ANSWER. I will provide cards to test with if someone else will provide the system, files, and know-how.

While on the surface, the extra CUDA cores in 470 seem to make it obvious choice over 285, the GTX285 has greater "Device to Device" bandwidth in CUDA-Z.

[luigivaltulini]

Jose has posted in GTX480 thread about using these very same drivers. Not sure which one of you is right.

In any case, I am hopeful to find someone in Hollywood who has a Resolve Mac Pro setup who would like to find THE ANSWER as to which GPU is best RIGHT NOW.

I can provide GTX285 2 Gig and a GTX470 and a GTX480. (and Power Supply for 480). I can even provide a Quadro 4000 Mac version as well.

I need someone with licensed Resolve setup with latest updates.

Ideally the same sequence would be run through Resolve with the different cards and compared to GTX 285 1 Gig.

I am an Art Director who dabbles in GPUs. I do not have sufficient tech knowledge of Resolve to do this test. But I think that MANY people are eager to know THE ANSWER. I will provide cards to test with if someone else will provide the system, files, and know-how.

While on the surface, the extra CUDA cores in 470 seem to make it obvious choice over 285, the GTX285 has greater "Device to Device" bandwidth in CUDA-Z.

Ciao DAve.

In my system last driver for Imac workwith all but not with DAVINCI. ANd in performance is same, only OPENCL change.
You ask what GPU is good, in my case i use 470 why is better then 285 new generation fermi GPU and is cheap.
DEVICE to DEVICE is better gtx 285 you are sure ... in my test the 470 is better to 285 see pics.But DAVINCI support the gtx 285 fx 4800 and quadro 4000. i find in my Hack is Important have same GPU in system.
DIfference of performance is very very small from 285 to 470 , but remember the Lion is coomig soon..... and driver is better and gtx 285 is strange to found.
I think my next system will be based on nvidia 570. Look to buy RESOLVE 8 to make a choice.
Another thing Dave, if you have money does not build a Hackintosh, if you have a company as a colorist I suggest you go with the original Mac Pro. I think a Mac Pro is a good choice is an outstanding machine, surely Apple will increase the PCIe slot in the future, if you configure MAc with redrocket 1 quadro 4000 and black magic 3d you work perfect.
FOR ME, the choice for you is definitely a nvidia quadro 4000

I give advice, if you want information professional with professional equipment Jeff Kilgroe is the best person in this forum.

sorry for my bad English

thanks
Luigi

[Jose Lomeña]

The best choice is quadro 4000, because its only one slot and you dont need any water cooling ...

I installed the last imac driver and resolve did't start, but after reactivating cuda, it start like before. But i did't see any improvement with the last driver.

What improved my system a lot (fcp) was an ati card for gui. I used 95% time final cut and only 5% resolve.

But for intensive work with davinci i prefer to change the ati for an extra nvidia card. I used a lot mattes with davinci, and you need a lot of gpu processing for that.

Saludos,

Jose

[luigivaltulini]

.....Working in progressss..........!!!!....

New Alpha installer for LION in READY the name of new installer is CUDA GENERATION 4 "MACHETE"

- FULL 64 bit
- OPEN GL + OPENCL Improve performance
- BOOTING with Kernelchache..... ( with SSD Hard drive the boot is in 7 second.... impressing :w00t:) thanks to Kabyl and ^Andy^
- Nvidia 470-480 Work perfect with native driver of Lion ( the patch at dsdt work perfect :thumbup1:) thanks IRESET and team insanelymac
- Added the code for Xeon processor .

Not working in this moment:

- Output Audio rear port digital...( i am at work for this)
- Bug in sistem profile in REDROCKET driver , the system say no but the driver is ok and work ...

lates test:
- Final cut 7 + Black magic deklink 3D Work ( more performance vs SNow this is for better driver OpenGL )
- Adobe premiere 5.5 Work ( the 470 gtx is recognized for mercury)
- Davinci REsolve 7.1.2 NOT WORKING , problem with connect to database PostgreSQL. No possible to install in DP3 PostgreSQL , i wait new Realaise of LION and DAvinci 8.
- REDCINE-x 454 with REDROCKET Work
- CUDA DRIVER 4.0.14 Work

THe first relaise of CUDA GENERATION 4 "MACHETE" I let her out after one week of the first head of Lion, I hope to make it so ...
Thanks
Luigi


Screen Shoot :

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/1707/lione.png

[Paul Huynh]

amazing!!

[Vincenzo Pellegrino]

Ciao Luigi....

[Wayne Chiang]

hi,luigi

how does do this test?

sorry for my bad English .

thank you very much !


Cooming soon Driver CUDA 4.0

$ ./deviceQueryDrv
CUDA Device Query (Driver API) statically linked version
There is 1 device supporting CUDA

Device 0: "GeForce GTX 480"
CUDA Driver Version: 4.0
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 2.0
Total amount of global memory: 1610153984 bytes
Multiprocessors x Cores/MP = Cores: 15 (MP) x 32 (Cores/MP) = 480 (Cores)
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 32768
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Maximum sizes of each dimension of a block: 1024 x 1024 x 64
Maximum sizes of each dimension of a grid: 65535 x 65535 x 65535
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Memory Bus Width: 384-bit
Memory Clock rate: 1848.00 Mhz
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
GPU Clock rate: 1.40 GHz
Concurrent copy and execution: Yes
# of Asynchronous Copy Engines: 1
Run time limit on kernels: Yes
Integrated: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Concurrent kernel execution: Yes
Device has ECC support enabled: No
Device is using TCC driver mode: No

PASSED

[luigivaltulini]

hi,luigi

how does do this test?

sorry for my bad English .

thank you very much !

ciao Chiang,
is only for developer Tools.
registred in nvidia.com and download tools

thanks
Luigi

[Arjun Kumar]

Who needs liquid cooling when you have two turbines from a Lear Jet inside your computer case? :nono:




http:////70.38.54.187/g/399/0a84ab34-0e7f-46a4-b48d-bc382ee7223f.jpg

Can you please let me know which computer case model is this and how much $ :)

[luigivaltulini]

Hi guyssss...
I am in holidaysss in this moment ...
I see the updAte 10.6.8 .. Try update ,download combo and install and run
Cuda generation new era and post here if you have problem.
I remeber you ---> backup your system first.
Thanks and excuse me for this delay.

Thnaks
Luigi

[Dave P]

Don't install 10.6.8 yet.

With or without new Nvidia drivers CUDA gets broken.

Wait until updated CUDA released

EDIT: reports are that older CUDA can work. (3.x)

[luigivaltulini]

Hi guys....
waiting me ;)
i am at work for finish patch installer 10.6.8 .... working perfect cuda and nvidia driver with Davinci REsolve...:thumbup1:

thanks
Luigi

[Jose Lomeña]

Luigi your GPU driver is the last driver that work with 10.6.8?

I have installed GPU driver version: 1.6.34.13(256.02) with my 10.6.7, is it working with 10.6.8? or I need to go back to 256.01?

[luigivaltulini]

Luigi your GPU driver is the last driver that work with 10.6.8?

I have installed GPU driver version: 1.6.34.13(256.02) with my 10.6.7, is it working with 10.6.8? or I need to go back to 256.01?

Ciao Jose ;)
rollback driver Nvidia to 256.01 with this cuda work perfect...
The last Driver Nvidia have a bug.

thanks
Luigi

[Wayne Chiang]

Thanks for your CUDA GENERATION，it's great !

I want to manually install the driver, and open to CUDA of the Fermi video card ,
I'm very interested in hackmac technology ~
and I have different hardware ，so I want to know more details, if you'd like
Dose you are modified the chameleon boot？or just modified the dsdt？
Anyway, thank you very much ！

[luigivaltulini]

Ciao Guysssss ;)

Here as promised guide + driver for your P6T7 supercomputers for 10.6.8.
This work with Cuda driver 4.0.17
Important is from 10.6.7 to 10.6.8 not 10.6.3 to 10.6.8
Simple procedure:

- Download 10.6.8 combo update from Apple, the file size is about 1 GB.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399

- Download the video tutorials, + driver P6t7 supercomputers.
https://rapidshare.com/files/485069404/TUTO_DRIVER.zip

I would recommend not to proceed with this update, for me is superb, I would expect Lion. But your choice.
Make a backup anyway for security of the entire system before trying.


i wait yourssss commeeentttsss!!!
Thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Thanks for your CUDA GENERATION，it's great !

I want to manually install the driver, and open to CUDA of the Fermi video card ,
I'm very interested in hackmac technology ~
and I have different hardware ，so I want to know more details, if you'd like
Dose you are modified the chameleon boot？or just modified the dsdt？
Anyway, thank you very much ！

ciao Chiang ;)

DSDT and Chameleon have been modified for this motherboard .
this solution allows for greater speed and stability to the system.
Although it is very important the choice of components always very close to the original apple.

thanks for your avatar Chiang


Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

DP4 Build 11A494a Work very welllll ;)
Waiting Golden master .......

[Dave P]

CUDA drivers updated by Nvidia:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/macosx-cuda-4.0.19-driver.html

[Paul Nordin]

Are these compatible with Resolve?

[Arjun Kumar]

.....Working in progressss..........!!!!....

lates test:

- Davinci REsolve 7.1.2 NOT WORKING , problem with connect to database PostgreSQL. No possible to install in DP3 PostgreSQL , i wait new Realaise of LION and DAvinci 8.


Hi , Davinci Resolve 8.0 is released and did you happen to install in OSX LION sucessfully ..? :rolleyes5:

[luigivaltulini]

I try tomorrow this daysssss not have a time for Davinci..

[luigivaltulini]

First I would like to congratulate the team black magic and people who worked on it, just a word "exquisite and superb," excellent, I knew from the beginning that this software would be the BEST.:thumbup1:


Well guys as promised I have tested for you DaVinci Resolve 8 on 10.6.8 without problems cuda work very well;), how beautiful this Davinci eheheh
With R3D 4.5k and REDROCKET is a REAL TIME FULL DEbayer with more more more node.....
tonight will look at the manual for all the news.
As for Lion 11A494 DP4 does not work there are still problems with the database, we await the Golden Master and perhaps an update for Davinci.

thanks
Luigi

and Guysss you see 980 i7 6 core the price is 520 dollar... I think I make a patch to the dsdt to accept immediately the core 6;) I hope ehehe

[Wayne Chiang]

hi,all

I found that upgrade to Resolve8.0 after the drop of performance，In Resolve7 when playing real-time 6 node for blur100%，and now it only 4node , as same
source。maybe it was only my problem。

Sorry for my bad english ，

thanks~

[Uli Plank]

Which hardware configuration do you have?

[Wayne Chiang]

Which hardware configuration do you have?

test hardware is: i7_920/gtx285*2
source is: 1920*1080 ProRes422HQ

thanks,

[Uli Plank]

Maybe the programmers changed something about GUI vs. CUDA card. Do you have a chance to add another simple card for GUI and have both GTX285 cards work for Resolve only (no monitors attached) ?

[luigivaltulini]

Little update ;) LION GM

[Alex Carr]

I just got my evga Classified SR-2, only waiting for x2 Xeon now... I'll be testing this week. I've been so busy this year. I've had little time for testing. hopefully I can relax and do some troubleshooting with Lion on SR-2/

[Arjun Kumar]

Hi Lugi, have you successfully installed Resolve 8.0 in LION GM..?

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Lugi, have you successfully installed Resolve 8.0 in LION GM..?
Ciao ARjun , not yettt ,, waiting update ;)


I just got my evga Classified SR-2, only waiting for x2 Xeon now... I'll be testing this week. I've been so busy this year. I've had little time for testing. hopefully I can relax and do some troubleshooting with Lion on SR-2/

I hope that we can for you, especially chipset network cards Marvel 88E8057, it would be a pity to lose the PCIe slots for network cards.
greetings ALex ;)


ciao
Luigi

[Alex Carr]

Ciao ARjun , not yettt ,, waiting update ;)



I hope that we can for you, especially chipset network cards Marvel 88E8057, it would be a pity to lose the PCIe slots for network cards.
greetings ALex ;)


ciao
Luigi

Just got my x2 Xeon's today, I hope to try it out tomorrow. Not sure about Ethernet too. I'll have to edit the Kext to find out.

[luigivaltulini]

EHEHE SURPRISE ;)

LION GM and DAVINCI RESOLVE 8...:w00t:
PATCH to database DAVINCI WORK ......

and CUDA WORK correct... 4.0.19

Thanks
Luigi

[Arjun Kumar]

Wow :) Thats really gud news Luigi ..
You have done it again...
can you please share us database Patch or steps to make it work.

[luigivaltulini]

Create postgres is user account with password: postgres and in terminal use this:

cd /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4
mkdir data
chmod 700 data
chown postgres data
su postgres
./bin/initdb /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
(Watch it go and then you can start your server via)

./bin/postgres -D /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
or
./bin/pg_ctl start -D /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data/ (for daemon mode, pg_ctl --help has a full list of commands)

Now in a new tab try /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/psql -U postgres and all should connect.

If you are using just psql without the full path it will load the default Lion psql command, is possible Davinci not run with this error,

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/bin/psql
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Trace/BPT trap: 5


or rename libpq.5.3.dylib with libpq.5.dylib

THANKS
Luigi

but remember is better wait Blackmagic for this .. but if you want try davinci with Lion ...

[Rohit Gupta]

Create postgres is user account with password: postgres and in terminal use this:

cd /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4
mkdir data
chmod 700 data
chown postgres data
su postgres
./bin/initdb /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
(Watch it go and then you can start your server via)

./bin/postgres -D /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data
or
./bin/pg_ctl start -D /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/data/ (for daemon mode, pg_ctl --help has a full list of commands)

Now in a new tab try /Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/psql -U postgres and all should connect.

If you are using just psql without the full path it will load the default Lion psql command, is possible Davinci not run with this error,

dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib
Referenced from: /usr/bin/psql
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
/usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
Trace/BPT trap: 5


or rename libpq.5.3.dylib with libpq.5.dylib

THANKS
Luigi

but remember is better wait Blackmagic for this .. but if you want try davinci with Lion ...

Hi Luigi,

Great job on figuring out the DB to get it to run on Lion :-)

We strongly advise users to not use Lion right now, as there are multiple known stability and performance issues on Lion right now. If it's just for a test, then it's ok, but you will run into many issues.

Regards,
Rohit

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Luigi,

Great job on figuring out the DB to get it to run on Lion :-)

We strongly advise users to not use Lion right now, as there are multiple known stability and performance issues on Lion right now. If it's just for a test, then it's ok, but you will run into many issues.

Regards,
Rohit

Thanks Rohit ;)
Right, only use for testing, not use for GRADING....
Actually being there are still problems with the restart of the database when you restart your Mac.


thanks
Luigi

[Rohit Gupta]

Thanks Rohit ;)
Actually being there are still problems with the restart of the database when you restart your Mac.
Luigi

Don't worry - we have a fix for that coming! :-)

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Speaking of database issues. I've had to do a repair-permissions on my drive a couple times to fix other issues not related to Davinci. However, both times this has screwed the permissions for PostgreSQL, thus leaving Resolve unable to connect to a database (or create a new one) and launch. I had to remove the PostgreSQL folder and reinstall Resolve to fix it. Kinda weird.

[luigivaltulini]

Kinda weird.

Yes Jeff you are right, in Lion the problem of PostgreSQL is the DATA folder , no create for default...
Jeff you've tried with your beautiful Epic-M HDRx with Davinci?
I'm curious;)

thanks
Luigi

[dean phills]

Hi Luigi new kid on the block here i been watching this thread for a while and wish i could run the multiple 470's for rersolve but for now i only have access to the gtx 285 and the gt 120 is it possible to get both to work together in a hack? i'm using a GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 intel Motherboard any info would be appreciated thanks in advance for your time.

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Luigi new kid on the block here i been watching this thread for a while and wish i could run the multiple 470's for rersolve but for now i only have access to the gtx 285 and the gt 120 is it possible to get both to work together in a hack? i'm using a GIGABYTE Z68X-UD7-B3 intel Motherboard any info would be appreciated thanks in advance for your time.

ciao DEAN,
FOr gygabyte Board talk with JOSe Lomena in this forum , me i make support only for p6t7 ;)

ciao
thnaks
Luigi

[dean phills]

thanks for replying luigi :) i will ask JOSe Lomena for his help thanks again.

[dean phills]

luigi if you dont mind me asking can dsdt editing help using two gpu's? my 2 cards show up in about info but resolve would not use 1 for gui and other for cuda

[luigivaltulini]

thanks for replying luigi :) i will ask JOSe Lomena for his help thanks again.

dear Dean,
dsdt is for acpi....

you see my for page section tips and triks?
you go at post 47, open debug mode anda paste this:

LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 2
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0 1
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1


well save, logout and login..

try .

i repat talk with JOSE , but this board you go to bios for change priority pcie grapchis boot.

thanks
luigi

[luigivaltulini]

well my friendssss...

i am at work for "machete" beta 1, this installer is ready with video tutorial for the end of this week.
This installer is only for P6t7 WS asus supercomputer and new LION Osx with 3 or 4 gtx 470/480.
For user with only 1 gnu in this moment not have a time for patch dsdt.

thnaks Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Hello my friendsssssss,


A promise is a promise ... slightly in advance;) :001_smile:

Machete beta 2 is ready, of course, where having the original Lion.

Well what is the Relais Machete GENERATION CUDA is an installer that will help you to install,
the mainboard ASUS P6T7 supercomputer, the Apple operating system Lion 10.7.
In collaboration with the Team InsanelyMac, Ermac, we ended up in Beta2 version of this installer but it works.
What's' new and what we want to introduce:

1. Support 6 CPU core i7 1366 / i980, i980x, i990x + 6 core Xeon
2. Sleep native, you can now put on standby and on again. ;)
3. Provisional support for tests 3 and 4 GTX 470/480 , not support for only 1 GPu in this moment .
4. Digital audio works.
5. Support REDROCKET
5. Support for Blackmagic 3D

What we would like to introduce in the next relay:

1. Support the GTX 570/580 and possibly 590.
2. speed up the boot in 6 seconds with a script to fix the start of the kext cache.

Another possibility would be to use 1 ATI 5770 and 2 GPU 580, if you are open to discuss ideas for now enjoy.


install:

1. Follow Video tutorial for 1 part.
2. disconnect all hard drive and dvd and connect only Lion Hd in sata1.
3. install lion and ejoy in lion.
4. re run my installer and see the pics part2, select only driver and install and reboot ;)
5. connect all HD and DVD at your sata.
6. power on and Enjoy in Lion 10.7

thnaks
Luigi

download this:
https://rapidshare.com/files/1932121257/Machete_beta2.zip

[Gaston Musarra]

Hello Luigi

I´m following your steps, I have a system with the asus, 3 gtx 470 and blackmagic. I followed the installations step by step, but I have a problem.
The computer is booting at a low resolution and can not be adjusted, its like the OS does not recognize the cards. The card and in slot 3, 5 and 7 counted from the CPU.
The only difference is the CPU, i´m using a Core i7 970 (6 cores).
Any help will be great.

Thanks

Gaston Musarra

[luigivaltulini]

Hello Luigi

I´m following your steps, I have a system with the asus, 3 gtx 470 and blackmagic. I followed the installations step by step, but I have a problem.
The computer is booting at a low resolution and can not be adjusted, its like the OS does not recognize the cards. The card and in slot 3, 5 and 7 counted from the CPU.
The only difference is the CPU, i´m using a Core i7 970 (6 cores).
Any help will be great.

Thanks

Gaston Musarra

contact me gmail :

luigi.valtulini (at) gmail (dot) com

i wait ;)

[Valeriu Campan]

Another possibility would be to use 1 ATI 5770 and 2 GPU 580, if you are open to discuss ideas for now enjoy.




Luigi, Thank you for your work. Nothing short of amazing.

That would be a great idea. I intend to start building a rig based on your concept, but in the last two weeks I could not find anywhere in this country (Australia) EVGA GTX 4XX cards (being dicontinued and replaced by 5XX. The only options I have is to trawl the ebay or overseas online stores.

[luigivaltulini]

Luigi, Thank you for your work. Nothing short of amazing.

That would be a great idea. I intend to start building a rig based on your concept, but in the last two weeks I could not find anywhere in this country (Australia) EVGA GTX 4XX cards (being dicontinued and replaced by 5XX. The only options I have is to trawl the ebay or overseas online stores.

THANKS Valeriu ;)

next month i will prepare installer for GTX 580 ;)
the drivers are ready for the GTX 580;), we have about a good 40% more than the GTX 470.
but I want to run the GTX 590, I think is the right direction, 3 gtx 590 6 GPU , nice power .. we hope to do it ..

OK GUYSSSS

next step of CUDA GENERATION "MACHETE " is ready BETA 3

ADDED:

1. resolved and eliminated evoreboot ketx for shutdown. DSDT patch.
2. Enabled OpenCL, thanks to Netkas for patch
3. Improved OpenGL, we have a good 30% more speed;)
4. PAtch DSDT for more stability ... same macpro ...


Thanks
LUIGI

LINK:
https://rapidshare.com/files/2549544007/machetebeta3.zip

[Jose Lomeña]

Hi luigi, i think i will change my gigabyte to your asus!!...

Do you know if davinci can detect more than 3 gpu?. I readed some time ago that the mac version has a limit of 3 gpu. But gtx590 can be a good idea because with 2 cards we can have ui + 3 gpu.

Saludos,

Jose.

[luigivaltulini]

Hi luigi, i think i will change my gigabyte to your asus!!...

Do you know if davinci can detect more than 3 gpu?. I readed some time ago that the mac version has a limit of 3 gpu. But gtx590 can be a good idea because with 2 cards we can have ui + 3 gpu.

Saludos,

Jose.

ciao my Friend Jose,

I do not know the limit of Davinci but I think we get up at 6 hehe no problems, for now I have 4 gpu , with the Lite version and normal .
Rohit maybe you could tell us what is the maximum allowed for DaVinci.
With the GTX 590 you could have 2 cards and 4 gpu, and of course 4 pcie express slots still available. You could put 2 redrocket, Raid 1 card, Blackmagic 1. Well hope to do it but we are very close to the solution.


ciao Jose
thanks Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Only for information.
Very good, on 10.7.2, have set OpenCL, and update OPENGL.
use these drivers to the installer "Machete")
Davinci works perfectly.

work in progress ........

[Gaston Musarra]

My DaVinci machine....

Core i7 970 (6 Cores)
12 GB RAM SuperTalen at 1333Mhz
3 Geforce GTX 470 EVGA
Blackmagic Decklink 3D
Atto R680 external SAS/SATA
Thermaltake Xaser 10 PCI slots case
Antec 1200 W POwer supply.
SansDigital ExternaL hd Case 8 (TRX-8)

My friend Luigi help me tunning up the system remotely, amazing!!!
All is working.

Thanks Luigi.... will wait to Lion final release :)

Here are the pictures.

http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/Interior.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/Back.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/CloseCPU.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/Closeinterior.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/Externalcase.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/PowerSupply.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/InteriorGPU.jpg
http://www.postmedia.com.ar/postmedia/Interior.jpg

[Tony Bacak]

Oh my ..... This is it:)
Please let the GTX590 work . . . have one her sitting arround waiting for processing
FAMOUSE!!!!

[Maz Mawlawi]

This would all be so much easier if BM would just release a Windows PC version...lol...

[Arun Kumar]

hi all, i am planning to use one FX5800 as GPU and one GTX 470 as GUI.
is this preferred configuration having 1X FX5800 rather than 3 X GTX 470 as GPU .... .?

[Mohammed El Sharqawy]

@ Maz Mawlawi
+1

[John Edwards]

Hey guys,

Is anyone running the 256.02 Nvidia drivers? Is there any performance gain? I can't seem to get it to work. It breaks my install (boots to black, even from external bootloader, safe mode, etc). I'm on 256.01 and getting good performance so relucant to upgrade unless there's a boost from doing so.

Thanks,

[John Edwards]

Hi guys,

Is it possible to specify which GPU is used for OpenCL/non-Cuda processing? I'm getting crashes (or strange shapes appearing in the viewer) on Noise Reduction and Zooms etc, and I take it that isn't handled by CUDA? Any other solutions out there?

EDIT: just found out the NR is CUSA based. Any ideas what could be causing this? I have;
"LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 1
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1
System.Record.Lookahead = 5"
in the Debug tab, which seems to successfully set the 480 as the only GPU (I'm getting 7 nodes with blur at 24fps on the 'Standard Candle' test)

Resolve 8.01
GTX 286 GUI
GTX 480 GPU
i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
OS X 10.6.7
Cuda 4.0.21
Nvidia drivers 256.01
Using GFX strings as per aquamac guide for hackintosh graphics enabling.

Thanks!

[luigivaltulini]

Hi guys,

Is it possible to specify which GPU is used for OpenCL/non-Cuda processing? I'm getting crashes (or strange shapes appearing in the viewer) on Noise Reduction and Zooms etc, and I take it that isn't handled by CUDA? Any other solutions out there?

EDIT: just found out the NR is CUSA based. Any ideas what could be causing this? I have;
"LsManager.3.NumGPUs = 1
LsManager.3.GPUMapping = 0
LsManager.3.GPUMappingEnable = 1
System.Record.Lookahead = 5"
in the Debug tab, which seems to successfully set the 480 as the only GPU (I'm getting 7 nodes with blur at 24fps on the 'Standard Candle' test)

Resolve 8.01
GTX 286 GUI
GTX 480 GPU
i7 920 @ 3.8GHz
OS X 10.6.7
Cuda 4.0.21
Nvidia drivers 256.01
Using GFX strings as per aquamac guide for hackintosh graphics enabling.

Thanks!

ciao John.
You have Gigabyte board.. talk with Jose Lomena..
In my installer for Snow not use GFX string i put the code nvcap of nvidia direct in dsdt acpi table.
And Asus is another board , is designed for cuda.
And is better for you in board same gpu... or different gpu for example 1 ati and 2 gtx 285 or 2 gtx 470, no use gui with 285 and gpu 480 cause crash,still talk to Jose will help for sure, he's very good :w00t:

I decided to help only those who have Asus, this to maintain a minimum error possible. Hackintosh there are a thousand possibilities, but there are a thousand faults.
I'm sorry but other configurations are forums dedicated to this, in this blog I will talk only about ASUS P6t7 Supercomputers and Davinci Resolve to get an optimal configuration and a lot of feedback so I can work on it.
Thank you for your comprehension;)
I hope not to offend anyone is not in my nature.:001_smile:

thanks
Luigi

[DaveZ.Williams]

Hi, I just discovered this thread and it is very interesting. Obviously a lot of work into it over the past few months.

I just happen to have an idling Asus SuperComputer at work, and can find 2 or 3 EVGA GTX 470s.

Is it possible to put those video cards in slots 1, 3 and 5 (instead of 3, 5 and 7 as everyone seems to be doing), because the Asus board in my SuperMicro case hits up against the floor of the case. It is not possible to have the GTX hang over the motherbpard in slot 7.

[luigivaltulini]

ciao Davez,
I understand your problem, unfortunately I chose this configuration to have more free slots pcie.
The second choice to use the video card directly into the dsdt prevents you from using other slots, so the configuration must be in slot 3/5/6/7 out these video card does not work.
Another possibility would be to install the Lion and make a custom configuration for you and for people who have a small case, takes a little time and patience but you can do remote desktop so I can put it in the new installer "machete".:thumbup1:

thanks
Luigi

[Alex Carr]

Right it would require a DSDT for your setup or a EFI string including all video cards. When you change slots or adjust configuration of video devices, OSX will need a way to interpret the hardware change.

[luigivaltulini]

HEY GUYSSSSSSS:
I wanted to thank everyone for a lot of feedback, have helped me to understand the problems and try to solve them.
Well, I'm happy to present you the finished version of my new installer, I present "MACHETE".:w00t: + chameleon 1331 ;)
Designed to LION for Mainboard ASUS P6T7 SUPERCOMUPUTER, many thanks at ERMAC ;)
News:
A: 6-core Xeon CPU Support up to 990x Desktop.
B: Built-in dsdt support the following graphics cards in their slots PCIe 3/5/6/7:
1. GT 8800
2. GT 9800
3. GTX 465
4. GTX 470
5. GTX 480
6. Quadro 4000
C: Native to sleep
Q: Native support in slot 1 for REDROCKET
E: Native support in slot 2 for the Blackmagic 3D
F: Support for a card in slot 4 raid. ARECA or ATTO.

Machete is only used with 3 or 4 nVidia cards, not support one video card, if there are requests in the future you can add, but then again the system is dedicated to RESOLVE DAVINCI.
Well follow the video tutorial for the installation.
If you have problems I am here as always;):thumbup1:
For maximum speed I suggest you hd SSD:w00t:
I recommend to disable update I'll tell you when you can do;):dupe:
next destination gtx 580 or 590;)

thanks
Luigi

https://rapidshare.com/files/3423104336/MACHETE.zip

[DaveZ.Williams]

Thanks Luigi and Alex for responding to my question about the slot assignment of the the video cards. As you are moving ahead to Lion, I should look forward too.

A modification to the DSD Table to use slots 1, 3, and 5 would be grand, but I am not sure if others are interested.

I noticed you added the GT 9800, which I think is a single slot card. Does that mean I could use 2 GTX 460s in slots 3 and 5, and one GT9800 in slot 7 and use your machete release as it stands without modification? And does that makes sense from a performance view?

Congradulation of your latest Machete release!

[luigivaltulini]

Thanks Luigi and Alex for responding to my question about the slot assignment of the the video cards. As you are moving ahead to Lion, I should look forward too.

A modification to the DSD Table to use slots 1, 3, and 5 would be grand, but I am not sure if others are interested.

I noticed you added the GT 9800, which I think is a single slot card. Does that mean I could use 2 GTX 460s in slots 3 and 5, and one GT9800 in slot 7 and use your machete release as it stands without modification? And does that makes sense from a performance view?

Congradulation of your latest Machete release!

ciao DAVEZ,
Sorry for the error are gtx 465, not 460, I suggest you have all the same cards. I think you can solve by changing case, or we agree and we have a dedicated configuration for you. These days are very busy but next week we can hear.

thanks
Luigi

[Daniel Leite]

Yummy ;-)

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/08/nvidia-video-wall-siggraph-20111218.jpg

[DaveZ.Williams]

I am sorry: I have three 470s, not 460s. I can't change the case because I am only allowed to use the machine as is because it will also serve double duty to run Windows for CUDA programming using a mobile rack for the system drive (one drive for Windows, another drive for me to use Mac OS).

If you have some time in the coming weeks for a custom configuration, I would greatly appreciate it.

[David Kellermann]

Hi Luigi,

I wanted to update to Lion using your Machete installer, but saw in the description that I have to have my Areca in slot 4 and the Blackmagic 3D+ ind slot 2. Unfortunatly, my Areca is in slot 6 and the Blackmagic 3D+ in slot 4. Since I connected my GPUs (in slot 3 5 7) with a watercooling bridge, I can't change the slots of the other cards without removing the GPUs. Do I have to modify your installer in any way to use it with my setup?

Thanks
David

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Luigi,

I wanted to update to Lion using your Machete installer, but saw in the description that I have to have my Areca in slot 4 and the Blackmagic 3D+ ind slot 2. Unfortunatly, my Areca is in slot 6 and the Blackmagic 3D+ in slot 4. Since I connected my GPUs (in slot 3 5 7) with a watercooling bridge, I can't change the slots of the other cards without removing the GPUs. Do I have to modify your installer in any way to use it with my setup?

Thanks
David

ciao David.
certainly made ​​to feel that we organize a remote desktop ;) or try new installer see down post ;)


thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

ciao,

little update at MACHETE installer,:thumbup1:
added at the new installer can select 3 nvidia GPU, with the other free slots, and 2 NVIDIA Quadro GPUs"this is in beta test".

3 gpu is:
slot:
1. free
2. free
3. nvidia
4: free
5: nvidia
6: free
7: nvidia

for 2 quadro 4000:
slot:
1: free
2: free
3: quadro 4000
4: free
5: quadro 4000
6: free
7: free

choose the amount of GPU you want in Lion , step after installed on the boot partition.

https://rapidshare.com/files/52784098/machete2.zip

thanks
Luigi

[Jimmy Christensen]

Could you perhaps try this little benchmark?
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/277/8355
The yousendit link doesn't work, but email the guy to get the file.

Also any status on the GTX 570?

I've had a go at trying to get the 570 working on a system here. However OpenCL works, CUDA works, but the "video player" inside davinci doesn't work. Adobe Premiere CS 5.5 has the same issue in fact.

[luigivaltulini]

Could you perhaps try this little benchmark?
http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/277/8355
.

Ciao Jimmy
this is my result:

V1 2 nodes : 24 fps
V2 4 nodes : 24 fps
V3 6 nodes : 24 fps
V4 12 nodes :24 fps
V4-x2 24 nodes: 17 fps
V5 NR 4 : 24 fps
V6 NR 4 : 24 fps
V7 NR 4 : 24 fps
V8 NR 4 : 12 fps


You have a ASUS p6T7 Supercomputer?
strange because it works for me,
maybe you have another motherboard?

thanks
Luigi

[Jimmy Christensen]

Wow, impressive numbers :)

I have ordered one.
However my theory is that it's mainly because I use the GTX 570 as main display card aswell.

[luigivaltulini]

cuda 4.0.31 ;)
http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit-40#MacOS

[luigivaltulini]

ciao GUYSSSSS..

Update 10.7.1::thumbup1:

Added patch at machete for 10.7.1.
- OPENCL
- APPLE AUDIO OUT HDA
- CHAMELEON 1348

simple procedure, update to 10.7.1, reboot, open Machete and select 10.7.1 + chamaleon , repair permission and reboot ;)

https://rapidshare.com/files/464801124/Machete2.zip

thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

Public photos of a hack for Davinci RESOLVE in Russia. I managed to run two NVIDIA 4000, with some initial difficulty APM power management, not easy in remote desktop to patch dsdt ,but then everything went wonderfully well;)
ALEXANDER Thanks you for your patience.
Really great performance.:thumbup1:

ASUS P6T7 supercomputer mainboard
2. Nvidia 4000
1. areca 1222
1. highpoint
1. blackmagic 3d


thanks
Luigi

[Kemalettin Sert]

which display do you have on this system?

[luigivaltulini]

which display do you have on this system?

ciao Sert,

for GUI or External?

thanks
Luigi

[Kemalettin Sert]

both...im going to build hackintosh in soon cant decide what type of display i should get...
your rig is damn powerful do you think it this will be enough for davinci lite ?
i7 960 12Gb DDR3 Ram and single GTX 480..(raid array)

[luigivaltulini]

both...im going to build hackintosh in soon cant decide what type of display i should get...
your rig is damn powerful do you think it this will be enough for davinci lite ?
i7 960 12Gb DDR3 Ram and single GTX 480..(raid array)

ALEX have:
2 samsumg 1 for gui 1 for vetorscope and 1 SOny sdi 24"

For HAck Sert is better 2 or 3 gtx the single is not good choice, for ram is good 12 gb and i7 960 is a great choice ;)


thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

OHI OHI OHI !!!! ;)

The solution is near ------- i hope ;)

[Paul Huynh]

has anyone gotten this error? resolve crashes when i try to load a file.

pref still says 3 GPU and i havent changed the mapping.

chasis 1: GPU CONFIG ERROR: NO CUDA BOARDS AVAILABLE
http://reduser.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=16007&stc=1&d=1313945080

[luigivaltulini]

Hi Paul,
you have installed cuda 4.0.31?

[Paul Huynh]

ciao luigi,

i have 4.0.50

[Paul Huynh]

im gonna try to reinstall resolve

[chrisbstacey]

It could have to do with your graphics card. Depends on how old your system is. It may not support cuda.

[Paul Huynh]

uninstalled 8 reinstalled 7.1, works again. hehe

[Wayne Chiang]

WOW!! SO COOL!!

Do you have test one GTX590 ? How many Node blur 100% with 1080p Prores422HQ ?

thanks

[Tony Bacak]

big thumbs up to luigi ( can render now on 3 gfx480!!!!
cooling the cards is still a wild one over here - but it works
can use the cudas in paralell for rendering in octane renderer ( high speed )
please make gtx590 driver available - 3 cards and we go to the moon:)
best ones
tony

[luigivaltulini]

hi ,
in this moment guyssss not have a time for HACK, i have much work for television.
The problem of gtx 590 is dual gpu in 1 pcb , 1 is recognize vga compatiblen and second is recognize 3D controller and driver no upload for second GPu....
but i work for this. But step by step i found solution... only time....

LSPCI:
04:00.0 3D controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 1088 (rev a1)
04:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF110 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 1088 (rev a1)
05:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF110 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Ermac have added to chameleon id of gpu :)

chameleon Trunk:
{ 0x10DE1054, "GeForce GT 410M" },
{ 0x10DE1056, "NVS 4200M" },
{ 0x10DE1057, "NVS 4200M" },
{ 0x10DE107F, "NVIDIA GF119-ES" },
{ 0x10DE1080, "GeForce GTX 580" },
{ 0x10DE1081, "GeForce GTX 570" },
{ 0x10DE1082, "GeForce GTX 560 Ti" },
{ 0x10DE1083, "D13U" },
{ 0x10DE1086, "GeForce GTX 570" },
{ 0x10DE1088, "GeForce GTX 590" },
// 1090 - 109F

thanks
Luigi

[Jimmy Christensen]

I was wondering if it perhaps might be a better idea with using EFI strings?
It should be possible for the installer to detect the cards through ioreg and generate a EFI string on the fly. I could never get the DSDT file to work, but with the right EFI string everything (atleast the graphic cards) works perfect.

I might be able to whip up a quick python script for doing that...

[peter semmi]

I am very grateful for the professional work for "Mac-Asus-Supercomputer team" Very big thanks to the excellent work of Luigi! My Davinci system works so brilliantly....

Intel Core I7-970 on +4,0GhHz.
3-Gigabyte GTX-470
12Gb Ram
Redrocket-card
Highpoint Raid

[luigivaltulini]

I am very grateful for the professional work for "Mac-Asus-Supercomputer team" Very big thanks to the excellent work of Luigi! My Davinci system works so brilliantly....

Intel Core I7-970 on +4,0GhHz.
3-Gigabyte GTX-470
12Gb Ram
Redrocket-card
Highpoint Raid


it's a very pleasure;)


thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

some new.......

my frined Jose Lomena test NETSTOR NA250N in Hackintosh whit 3 gtx 480 this is result:

Netstor NA250A
- PCI expander with 4 pcie x8 + 2 pcie x4 slots
- 40gbps host pcie x8 v2. 2 meters cable
- up to 4x gtx480

- setup with:
2x gtx480
1x. Decklink multibridge
1x sonnet e4p
2x free slots (for redrocket)

My hackintosh...gigabyte i7 980x, 24gb with:
1x ati 5770 for monitors
1x host Na250a
1x gtx480

Candle Test resuls with resolve8 and 3 gpu gtx480

V1 2 nodes : 24 fps
V2 4 nodes : 24 fps
V3 6 nodes : 24 fps
V4 12 nodes :24 fps
V4-x2 24 nodes: 21fps
V5 NR 4 : 24 fps
V6 NR 3 : 24 fps
V7 NR 2: 24 fps
V8 NR 1 : 12 fps

I remember you Kernel osx support max 4 GPU.
Next test Jose use NETSTOR whit MAC PRO and 4 gtx 480... waiting result.. this is possible solution for real MAC.
If this work i post here solution.

thanks
Luigi

[luigivaltulini]

I was wondering if it perhaps might be a better idea with using EFI strings?
It should be possible for the installer to detect the cards through ioreg and generate a EFI string on the fly. I could never get the DSDT file to work, but with the right EFI string everything (atleast the graphic cards) works perfect.

I might be able to whip up a quick python script for doing that...


ciao Jimmy,
nice your idea ;)
if you want to make in python perfect,What you need to do?


thanks
Luigi

[Valeriu Campan]

I am very grateful for the professional work for "Mac-Asus-Supercomputer team" Very big thanks to the excellent work of Luigi! My Davinci system works so brilliantly....

Intel Core I7-970 on +4,0GhHz.
3-Gigabyte GTX-470
12Gb Ram
Redrocket-card
Highpoint Raid


Sounds great!

I also decided to build a similar system, though it is almost impossible to find new GTX 470 cards; most I found are second hand and coming from intense gamers, probably from smoke filled rooms... :(
The issue is that one needs 3 identical cards for a working rig and if one fails, things will go pear shape big time, especially if in the middle of project, or client session.

@ Luigi,

I know you are very busy, but I am not clear if the new Machete v2 supports the new, readily available, GTX 570 cards.

Thank you,
Valeriu