Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: How to confirm a second Quadro 4000 Card in Resolve?

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- partrick

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Bogdan Grigorescu <
bogdan_grigorescu@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Resolve will use a single card for both GUI and GPU, if only one is
> available. Of course, performance penalty is pretty heavy in such case.
> I believe this 'feature' was added in v9, on popular demand and with the
> proliferation of Resolve Lite.
>
> Previous versions won't even launch if you did not have 2 cards.
>
> BG
> www.finale.tv
>
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> From: johnrobmoore <bigfish@pacbell.net>
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:51 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: How to confirm a second Quadro 4000 Card in
> Resolve?
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> This would explain why they have not seen an improvement in performance
> adding a second card. When they only had one card was Resolve using the
> Quadro 4000 for anything other than GUI. If not what does the MacPro do
> when only one Quadro is installed?
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Grigorescu <bogdan_grigorescu@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Resolve will use one of the 4000 cards for GUI only.
> > In order to bump up speeds you need a 3 card setup: one for the
> GUI(could be an inexpensive GT120) then 2x4000cards for the GPUs.
> >
> > And the 4000 is at the entry level of performance.
> > If you are on Mountain Lion, you could order the GTX680 for Mac.
> > If not, you can try the GTX570 which works flawlessly on 10.7.5
> >
> >
> > The biggest challenge is power and slots.So another option is the Titan,
> but I have not tested it.
> > We've built 3 systems in the past 2 years with the Cyclone expansion
> chassis, but that might not be an option for your setup.
> >
> > cheers,
> > BG
> > www.finale.tv
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: John Moore <bigfish@...>
> > To: Avid L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:59 AM
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] OT: How to confirm a second Quadro 4000 Card in
> Resolve?
> >
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> > The new Resolve bay started with 1 Quadro 4000 card but after the first
> session they opted to add a second Quadro 4000 to get noise reduction
> rendering sped up etc.... I'm told they don't think the second card is
> working or accelerating the system like they thought it would. They have
> 2 Quadro 4000s in slots 1 and 2 of a new 12 core macpro. In the Resolve
> preferences I see both cards listed in the system overview as follows:Â
> Card 1: Quadro 4000 - GUI Only, Card 2: Quadro 4000. Does this mean
> that the first card is doing nothing to accelerate Resolve and it is only
> driving the GUI monitor. Given the system was working with just one card
> I'd assume that Card one could be doing both GUI and helping with Resolve
> renders etc... I can't seem to find a section in the manual that deals
> with changing these settings. I'm basing all this on the statement from
> the operator that the 2nd card didn't seem to speed things
> up. How can I confirm that
> > Resolve is utilizing both cards for Resolve functions?
> >
> > Â
> > John Moore
> > Barking Trout Productions
> > Studio City, CA
> > bigfish@...
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