Lennart Holterman wrote:He There,
Is there a thread about ''best hardware for Resolve 15 and Fusion'' on this forum?
If not,....are there people in here which could tell me which hardware (Mainboard, CPU, GPU and RAM) would be best for Resolve 15 and Fusion?
I mean what is important to have, if you run Resolve 15 on your computer? Does Resolve 15 run mostly on the CPU? Or more on the GPU? How many RAM is needed?
I have a budget from around 2000€ for the (Mainboard, CPU, GPU and RAM)
I hope somebody can help?
Greetz Lenny
Hi.
In Resolve the CPU is used to run the app, disk I/O and compression and decompression of codecs.
Resolve does all its image processing in the GPU on the graphics card. More CUDA/OpenCL Cores are better.
In your price range can I see two possibilities:
The first will be to wait until 9th Januar 2019 when AMD CEO, Lisa Su, will be delivering the keynote for their CES 2019 presentation in Las Vegas. AMD already told us that she will speak about the world’s first 7nm high performance CPUs and GPUs.
The new 7nm dies will be 40% smaller than its predecessor and produce 40% more dies from a single Wafer. And either reducing the cost of manufacture or give us more performance from a new larger die with more transistors. The new 7nm or 10nm nodes are the future.
If you can't wait so long will I suggest you read my small Guide for a recommended build. Here is a copy for you:
'Carsten's hardware guide for DaVinchi Resolve. Version from 4. October 2018.
In Resolve the CPU is used to run the app, disk I/O and compression and decompression of codecs.
Resolve does all its image processing in the GPU on the graphics card. More CUDA/OpenCL Cores are better.
nVidea have just introduced the new nVidea RTX 2080/Ti Graphics Card series with higher CUDA performance. For 4K choose one with 8-11 GB of vRAM. And more CUDA cores is better.
The Previus GTX 1080 Ti 11GB can be a good way to get one with 11GB of vRam, as more vRam is better.
There is a maximum of one graphics card in the free version of Resolve. If you want to use Noise Reduction etc. then you probably will need 2 GPUs with 11 GB vRam each and the paid Studie version of Resolve.
In the DaVinci Resolve 15 configuration guide is one of the suggestion on page 18 the AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPU.
https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/ ... _Guide.pdfAll AMD CPU's loves fast memory, and on page 36 under GIGABYTE Motherboard:
16GB (4x4GB RAM) DDR4-3200 SDRAM minimum
64GB or 128GB or more recommend for FUSION
Back in August AMD launched AMD Threadripper next generation with a little cheaper CPU's. For 4K work look at the new 16 cores 32 threads 2950X that get much better reviews than expected.
When I try to check prices don't I yet see any big price drops on the previous 16 core 32 threads Threadripper 1950X CPU's. So far for 16 core 32 threads CPU will I recommend the new 2950X.
While I currently see some large price drops on the 12 core 24 threads 1920X CPU's. It will be good as a entry level CPU for Rersolve.
Both the old and new Threadrippers CPU use a TR4 socket and a X399 motherboards. Suggest you to buy one with nice reviews. If you later want to upgrade to a faster CPU will I suggest you to
buy a Asus motherboard, as they can be upgraded to a TDP of 250 Watt by buying the X399 cooling enhancement kit coming later.
Make sure you inspect the Motherboards TR4 socket carefully for bent pins, before your insert the CPU into it. And for CPU's with more than 20 cores will I look for a motherboard with a 16+3 VRM circuit.
Look here for a Free NVMe RAID upgrade for AMD X399 chipset:
https://community.amd.com/community/gam ... 99-chipsetAll motherboard have a QVL List you can find on the manufactures homepage. Here you can see what DDR4-Ram they have tested in that particular motherboard. The Configuration Guide recommend to use minimum DDR4-3200.
The cheapest recommended RAM is many times the G.Skill Flare X DDR4. The Flare X series is made special for AMD CPU's
The Threadripper CPU's have a 4 channel memory design. You will get the fastest system by using 4 DIMM's only, and leave the last 4 sockets empty.
Do you still have some questens you are free to ask.'
Regards Carsten.