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- Joined: Wed Feb 07, 2018 5:01 pm
- Real Name: Giacomo Caruso
Hello, If you do not have time to read the whole post, please skip to the parts in bold at the end. This is going to be a bit long, sorry for that, and for the noobie questions. On the bright side I am really eager to learn.
I'd like to get more serious about post-production. I want to learn more and buy some gear with that aim in mind. My budget is around 2000/2500 Euro for computer and monitor/s. I am ok with working only in 1080p, it would be maybe nice to start working in 10bits.
Actually my laptop is decent: MacBook Pro Retina (mid 2012), Quad-Core 2.6 GHz up to 3.6 GHz w/ TurboBoost, 16GB ram. I worked with that until now. The big problem is the graphic card. I read about solutions to use gtx models (1070, 1080...) on MacBook's. They don't seem ideal, and the performance of the graphic card seems to drop significantly (40-60%).
So I think I got 2 options, what do you suggest I go for?
Option 1: Using my old laptop with a new graphic card. This way I would have some money for new lenses and grading monitors. The big question is how performant my laptop would be with a new graphic card. Other question: would I be able to work in 10 bits? How? What do I need for it to work? Decklink device?
Option 2: Everything new. I have a friend who can help me assembling a computer rig from scratch. I know more or less what I need in terms of power, and I guess that I should be able to build something decent to work in 1080p/10 bits for around 1500-2000 Euro (excluding monitor/s), maybe buying some used parts too. If you have good tips about a good computer configuration for that price range, please let me know!
Here come the very noobie questions. Do I need the Decklink Mini Monitor or some other Decklink device? What is a Decklink for? I searched everywhere but I didn't find a clear answer. Why can't a gtx 1080, for example, output a 10 bit signal directly to a monitor? Or it can, and the Decklink is for working on 2-3 monitors? I know I am very confused...
Monitor options (in order of preference):
Eizo CS240: 500 Euro (used +-2800 hours)
Eizo CS2420: 630 Euro (new) or 530 Euro (used)
Benq SW2700PT: 400 Euro (new/outlet)
DELL UltraSharp U2410f (maybe as a second monitor?): 150 Euro (used)
What would you choose and why? I still don't know whether to work with 1 or 2 monitors for a start, and if I need a Decklink for that, or if I need a Decklink also to work with 1 monitor. Please clarify the whole Decklink thing for me, I would really appreciate your help.
I'd like to get more serious about post-production. I want to learn more and buy some gear with that aim in mind. My budget is around 2000/2500 Euro for computer and monitor/s. I am ok with working only in 1080p, it would be maybe nice to start working in 10bits.
Actually my laptop is decent: MacBook Pro Retina (mid 2012), Quad-Core 2.6 GHz up to 3.6 GHz w/ TurboBoost, 16GB ram. I worked with that until now. The big problem is the graphic card. I read about solutions to use gtx models (1070, 1080...) on MacBook's. They don't seem ideal, and the performance of the graphic card seems to drop significantly (40-60%).
So I think I got 2 options, what do you suggest I go for?
Option 1: Using my old laptop with a new graphic card. This way I would have some money for new lenses and grading monitors. The big question is how performant my laptop would be with a new graphic card. Other question: would I be able to work in 10 bits? How? What do I need for it to work? Decklink device?
Option 2: Everything new. I have a friend who can help me assembling a computer rig from scratch. I know more or less what I need in terms of power, and I guess that I should be able to build something decent to work in 1080p/10 bits for around 1500-2000 Euro (excluding monitor/s), maybe buying some used parts too. If you have good tips about a good computer configuration for that price range, please let me know!
Here come the very noobie questions. Do I need the Decklink Mini Monitor or some other Decklink device? What is a Decklink for? I searched everywhere but I didn't find a clear answer. Why can't a gtx 1080, for example, output a 10 bit signal directly to a monitor? Or it can, and the Decklink is for working on 2-3 monitors? I know I am very confused...
Monitor options (in order of preference):
Eizo CS240: 500 Euro (used +-2800 hours)
Eizo CS2420: 630 Euro (new) or 530 Euro (used)
Benq SW2700PT: 400 Euro (new/outlet)
DELL UltraSharp U2410f (maybe as a second monitor?): 150 Euro (used)
What would you choose and why? I still don't know whether to work with 1 or 2 monitors for a start, and if I need a Decklink for that, or if I need a Decklink also to work with 1 monitor. Please clarify the whole Decklink thing for me, I would really appreciate your help.