2013 27' new iMac.

Hi,
I received the following error message in Resolve :
"Your current hardware configuration is not able to support maximum realtime performance "
I use the 2013 iMAC's NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M (CUDA cores :1344)
Does this mean the card is not supported and the CUDA is not being used by Resolve for image processing ?

Best,

D.

Resolve hasn't been updated yet with the new graphics cards. Just ignore the message. I have the same iMac, it works brilliant.

Thanks Rob, the iMAC performs stellar indeed.
Realtime 2K R3D on half premium without RedRocket card installed

Best,

D.

"Your current hardware configuration is not able to support maximum realtime performance "

[Peter Chamberlain]

We will update the supported GPU list in the next release.
This will include the new iMacs. The 27" version with 4GB GPU ram and 16GB system ram looks quite good.
Peter

Hello all

I'll be ordering a new iMac next week with the following official specifications:

3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
3TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Is this machine capable for 12bit RAW 4K/5K workflows?

I have a full licensed DaVinci Resovle 10, Final Cut Pro X, and Motion.

Would like to hear your opinion before making this purchase.

Thanks

Hello all

I'll be ordering a new iMac next week with the following official specifications:

3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
3TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Is this machine capable for 12bit RAW 4K/5K workflows?

I have a full licensed DaVinci Resovle 10, Final Cut Pro X, and Motion.

Would like to hear your opinion before making this purchase.

Thanks

The latest BMD Configuration Guide should give you an indication. Without quoting directly from the guide, I believe it indicated you would need to work from a proxy timeline for example and just render out your final deliverables at your desired 4K resolution. You might also consider waiting another month and see what the Configuration Guide has to say about 4K in the new Mac Pro that is due by the end of the year.

Rick Lang
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Resolve is unable to use the de-noise option because of the missing CUDA. Do you think an update will come soon ?

Best,

D.

Resolve hasn't been updated yet with the new graphics cards. Just ignore the message. I have the same iMac, it works brilliant.

[Dwaine Maggart]

What are you referring to Demetry? Noise Reduction will work with AMD or NVIDIA graphics with the full version of Resolve V10. You should use the latest 10.0.2 version. If you have the iMac that this thread is based around, you should set the Resolve Preferences / Video I/O and GPU / GPU processing mode selection to CUDA, not OpenCL.

While reading your post I just realised , that since the iMac's have only one GPU, Resolve won't be able to use the GPU and the available CUDA for image processing, am I right ? I have attached a screenshot with the error message anyway.

Thanks,

D.

While reading your post I just realised , that since the iMac's have only one GPU, Resolve won't be able to use the GPU and the available CUDA for image processing, am I right ? I have attached a screenshot with the error message anyway.

Resolve supports using a single GPU for both image processing and GUI now, and both 9 and 10 contained performance optimizations for such configurations, such that with a sufficiently powerful GPU they're now entirely viable.

I believe the error message you're seeing is just a consequence of Resolve not having been updated to recognize the specific GPU models in the new iMacs yet; it can just be ignored. Resolve will happily use a GPU not on its 'list' if it has the right capabilities, which that GPU does. Resolve's image processing is GPU-only, so if you've actually got an image on screen in the preview window of the color tab, Resolve is successfully using your GPU.

Where it says 'None' there for items in the 'Video I/O and GPU tab' it's just referring to the fact that you have no video interface (e.g. UltraStudio or DeckLink) device present.

[Dwaine Maggart]

What Chris said. And if you update to the current 10.0.2 Resolve release, that error message will go away.

Dear Colleagues,

I am about to buy one of the new 27in iMacs to run the DaVinci Resolve. I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. So far everything looks good from what I've read.

What type of drive is preferred to run the software?
-Serial ATA, 7200 rpm
-Fusion, or
-Flash Storage

The specs:
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Is this alright? Anything else I might be forgetting?

Thank you!!

The error is no longer there after update. Thank you for the help guys.


Demetry,
mafilms.net

Dear Colleagues,

I am about to buy one of the new 27in iMacs to run the DaVinci Resolve. I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. So far everything looks good from what I've read.

What type of drive is preferred to run the software?
-Serial ATA, 7200 rpm
-Fusion, or
-Flash Storage

The specs:
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Is this alright? Anything else I might be forgetting?

Thank you!!

Jorge, you can review the current Configuration Guide for suggestions. Your specs should be fine for HD and 2K video. As for the system drive, there is some trade-off in capacity for speed. I'd think the fusion drive is a great bet especially when you want 3TB for your internal drive. If you don't need such a large internal drive, then the flash drive will be fastest and most costly.

Rick Lang
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Thanks, Rick!

Hi all

I've just got a new iMac and updated to da vinci 10 for some reason i can't bring any files into media pool they are all grey???

Dear Colleagues,

I am about to buy one of the new 27in iMacs to run the DaVinci Resolve. I want to make sure I am doing the right thing. So far everything looks good from what I've read.

What type of drive is preferred to run the software?
-Serial ATA, 7200 rpm
-Fusion, or
-Flash Storage

The specs:
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Is this alright? Anything else I might be forgetting?

Thank you!!

Hey JorgeOliver

I am wanting to do the exact same thing. I was wondering if you have got it all set up and can give some feedback on how smoothly it all runs.

Thanks!

We recently picked up a 27" iMac. Mostly for editing, not so much for Resolve (have a new Mac Pro on the way for that), but I did run it through its paces a bit.

Specs are:
3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
1TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

Resolve performance for HD/2K is really pretty good on this machine. Given what it took to get solid real-time Resolve performance on Mac Pro a few of years back, it's really sort of amazing how well this works and how smooth the whole process is.

I didn't do extensive systematic testing, I mostly just focused on the formats we usually work with. All footage was played from external HDD and/or RAID, so internal storage speed wasn't being tested here. Video output was done via UltraStudio Mini Monitor. Source footage and timeline frame rate were both 23.98. Timeline was set up for 1080p.

- With 1080p Alexa Log-C ProRes 4444, I was able to apply a LUT and add about 11-12 nodes of correction with a decent mix of qualifiers and power windows (including a couple of power windows containing blurs) before dropping below real-time.

- Doing a half-res decode on 4K raw Sony F55 footage I was able to get to approximately nine nodes before dropping below real time.

- A half-res 'good' decode of 5K Epic footage ran at 15-20 fps, so you'd still absolutely want a Rocket for R3D, unless maybe Red's GPU decoding delivers big in the next couple of months.

- Transcoding Alexa footage with just a LUT applied, which I tested because we process a lot of dailies that way, was 50+ fps.

This performance is, somehow, about the same as what we see with a 6-core i7 3930K + GTX 580 Classified (save for the Epic performance, as the 6-core machine has a Rocket). I wasn't expecting the iMac to be quite that good. Might end up using it more for Resolve than I anticipated.

Chris,

Thanks so much for your informative reply, helps a lot of us on tighter budgets. I'm sure there's plenty more like me who are simply wanting to do minor grading work on 1080 HD projects, and make the step up from the color board on FCPX.

I was thinking of using the ultra studio mini monitor to display a entry level sony monitor like the SONY LMD-2110 FULL HD. If you do happen to have any knowledge on this I would love to hear. I figure if I can do the majority of my work in this way - then I will be in the ball park before I go to the professional colorist.

Thanks for the information.