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Both are single-wide cards, so this leaves you room for two more PCIe cards, such as a Red Rocket and a storage adapter.

Not all Mac software – notably Apple Color – is compatible with multiple GPU cards installed into the tower.ĭaVinci recommends several GPU configurations, but of these options, the most cost-effective combo is the ATI 5770 with the Quadro 4000. The only approved (and currently available) NVIDIA CUDA cards for the Mac are the Quadro 4000 and the Quadro FX4800. MacPros currently ship with either an ATI 5770 or an ATI 5870 display card.

There are only four PCIe slots in the machine and only slot one permits a double-wide card. Installation of additional GPU cards into a Mac Pro poses some issues. When a second GPU card is present, Resolve offloads some of the image processing chores to the other card. You can install one or more NVIDIA CUDA-enabled cards for accelerated performance and rendering, but this isn’t required for Resolve to work. One of the hallmarks of the Resolve software is that it can leverage the power of additional GPU cards.

That works for my 20-inch Apple Cinemas and it also allows you to use Resolve on some of the MacBook Pro models. A change that came with 8.1 was relaxation of the minimum monitor resolution requirements, from the original spec of 1920 x 1080 down to 1680 x 1050 pixels (or higher). I tested DaVinci Resolve 8.1 and 8.1.1 on my eight-core Mac Pro under Mac OS 10.6.8 and “Lion” 10.7.2. Another welcomed change is that all versions now read AAF files and Avid MXF media, which had previously been a paid option. In short, the grading power is now the same between the free and the paid versions. The release of the 8.1.1 patch removed the limitation on the number of correction nodes possible in the Lite version. All of these products use the same base software tools and features, except the Lite version is restricted to SD and HD sizes and doesn’t include the stereo 3D support or noise reduction of the paid versions. Blackmagic Design announced that a Windows version is in development for early 2012. Resolve 8.1 comes in three Mac flavors – Resolve Lite (free), Resolve (paid, software-only) and the DaVinci Resolve Control Surface (software included).

Blackmagic Design’s acquisition of DaVinci has transformed this Ferrari into the preferred tool for desktop color grading, while still maintaining its stature.