System requirements

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Henry S

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System requirements

PostTue Apr 22, 2025 9:36 am

Hello
Going from DR studio 18 to DR studio 20, are the hardware requirement's the same or do we need for smooth working more "power" with the A.I. stuff in the software ?
Being a while with version 18 studio busy, bud I think its time to make the upgrade.
Thx
Edd
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Charles Bennett

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Re: System requirements

PostTue Apr 22, 2025 9:54 am

If you use an Nvidia GPU make sure the driver is version 570.65 or newer. There are reports of problems with the latest 576.02 driver however. I have no problems with 572.16 running Studio 20 beta.
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Re: System requirements

PostTue Apr 22, 2025 11:53 am

Add to what Charles mentioned - it seems that v20 requires more horsepower than v19, particularly for new features, so if your system under v18 was marginal, you may be disappointed with v20. If it were me, I'd certainly backup my current projects and database(s) and give v20 a try - it can't hurt and there are many workflow improvements. Having backups means you can always roll-back to v18 if needed. Keep in mind that when a project is opened in v20, it is automatically upgraded (after a warning dialog) and afterwards cannot be opened in earlier versions of Resolve (hence the need for backups).
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Re: System requirements

PostTue Apr 22, 2025 2:11 pm

What hardware do you have, Eddy?
My Biases:

You NEED training.
You NEED a desktop.
You NEED a calibrated (non-computer) display.
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Re: System requirements

PostSat Apr 26, 2025 7:48 pm

Thanks Steve, Charles and Jim
My system :
Asrock Z390 phantom gaming 6
CPU :I9-9900K
GPU : RTX 3060 Eagle 12 GB
Memory : 32GB
Hard drives : SSD 1TB Samsung 870 EVO
SSD 2TB " " " " " " "
WD 4TB
Monitor :2 x Dell 27 UP2716 D
Speed editor
Running on Windows 11 home
Non commercial work pure hobby and entertainment, mainly holiday's and family events.
Edd.
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Re: System requirements

PostMon Apr 28, 2025 3:24 pm

That should work fine for version 20.
My Biases:

You NEED training.
You NEED a desktop.
You NEED a calibrated (non-computer) display.
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Re: System requirements

PostMon Apr 28, 2025 6:00 pm

Thanks Jim, I'm gone take the step this weekend.
I can always turn back to 18, bud there are to many "goodies" in 20.
In my case more and more the one limitation with Resolve is my own imagination and inspiration.
Thanks again for Your time and knowledge.
Edd.

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