Resolve 9 on MacBook Air

I just downloaded the Resole 9 lite on my MacBookAir, when i like to log in i get following message:

No OpenCL Acceleration hard wear Detected!
please quit resolve and install a OpenCL accelerated GPU
card or upgrade your OpenCL soft wear driver to the latest
vesrion befor you continuing to use Resolve.

i dont realy understand what that means can someone help me?

thx
orlando

Orlando, when was your MacBook Air new? The error message means the Resolve program dies. It find a graphics chip that uses current OpenCL graphics routines. If you know the generation if your computer, we can determine why you're having a problem. The generation is found when you look at the System Profile: go to the Apple menu in the top left corner and select About This Mac. In the dialogue box that opens, select More Info. Select Hardware. The first entry will list various items such as the model of the machine. For example, if your computer was the first generation sold, you may see something like 1,1; later generation of the computer might have a model 2,2. Post what you have.

Resolve requires a minimum of one graphics processing unit (GPU) on your computer. The GPU must support a certain level of OpenCL since resolve is trying to execute routines that are a part of OpenCL. It's like a library that has certain code to run many of the Resolve functions. The original version of the OpenCL library would have been OpenCL 1.0. Resolve 9 requires a later version, likely OpenCL 2.0.

thx for your replay so soon here the infos i found:

Processor 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Serial Number C02H55SGDJWV
Software OS X 10.8.1 (12B19)

i hope this is what you told me to put here
thx so much

orlando

Orlando, it would appear you have MacBook Air version 4,2 released July 2011. This machine has integrated graphics using the Intel HD Graphics 3000 chip. I believe that chip cannot be used by Resolve sadly. Your computer is fairly recent. But Resolve now requires OpenCL and that is not part of the intel 3000 chip.

Would a product such as the Sonnet Tech Echo Express solve the problem? If so what configuration of the product would you suggest? Is there a better option?

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/echoexpressse.html


Many thanks,
I am running a Mid 2011 3-inch MacBook Air
Processor 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
Serial Number C02H5AD2DJWT
Software OS X 10.8.2 (12C60)

Nope, GPU acceleration is not available via Thunderbolt. PCI expansion will work, but obviously not on a macbook air.

Is there any way for getting Resolve 9 to run on a MacBook Air or is an upgrade to a MacBook Pro the only option? Thanks Lunacie.

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hi, the MB Air is not certified. Please refer to the Resolve config guides at our support site for the details on the rMBP that is tested.
Peter