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:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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> cheers,
> BG
> www.finale.tv
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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: 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?
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