DaVinci Resolve 7 for Mac now shipping

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I'll wait and see some reports of the Quadro 4000 with Resolve before I buy. Already have the GTX285 anyway. Which brings up another good thing to know. The GTX285 actually performs better in Resolve and most CUDA apps than the Quadro FX4800. They're the same generation of GPU and very similar overall. The FX4800 has more onboard RAM, but the GTX285 is clocked faster.

[Evin Grant]

So is it even worth waiting for the FX4000? And with a Rocket is it even an issue for Red Footage?

[Bruce Allen]

Resolve with current hardware is AWESOME. It is just stupidly fast compared to everything else within an order of magnitude of its price range. I'm running on a GTX 285 and GT120 combo at the moment.

The thing is though: you get greedy. It's so much fun that you don't want to stop adding nodes :P

With Quadro 4000 you can have even more nodes. The thing is that Resolve is so addicting and powerful that anything that makes it run EVEN FASTER is an instant buy.

My completely objective 2c.

PS - The other thing is that in Resolve it's really simple to add nodes, copy them from shot to shot etc - so adding more nodes is not confusing. It just means you can compartmentalize different aspects of the CC process.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Evin Grant]

So do you expect the FX4000 to outperform the 285? By how much?

[Jim Geduldick]

So do you expect the FX4000 to outperform the 285? By how much?

Evin

Believe me you'll want the new 4000 card when it comes next month .
It will be extremely faster then the gtx 285 which is the cards I am running now.

[jake blackstone]

So is it even worth waiting for the FX4000? And with a Rocket is it even an issue for Red Footage?

Debayer is done with CPU, nodes rendering is GPU. So, Red Rocket has nothing to do with GPU. Getting more powerful GPU will allow for more real time nodes, that's all.

[Evin Grant]

According to the latest firmware the Redrocket is now supported so I'd imaging the debayer is done there.

[jake blackstone]

According to the latest firmware the Redrocket is now supported so I'd imaging the debayer is done there.

Yes and that's why I said, that getting better GPU would only increase number of real time nodes.

[Evin Grant]

Gotcha, so here's the configuration I'm thinking about...

Macpro 2008 3.0 Ghz 8 core 12G ram
8TB Internal raid 5
Red Rocket
ESATA card
Quadro FX 4000

Has anyone thought about a USB option for the GUI monitor? That would free up the entire GPU for nodes, wouldn't it? Here's one I found from Kensington...
http://www.macmall.com/p/Kensington-...75~pdp.fhhagie

[jonnycom]

Evin, You will still need the GT120 in slot 3.

We are running a new 12 core with
GTX285 in 1
Rocket in 2
GT120 in 3
Decklink 3d in 4

Getting ready to put in some SSD's
Also waiting for 4000 in about a week I'm told
The GTX285's for Mac are sold out.