Need GPU Help For Davinci Resolve

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JonathanMiz

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Need GPU Help For Davinci Resolve

PostMon May 17, 2021 6:59 am

Hey, so I’m using Davinci Resolve to edit my videos…

It's always crashing on me when doing something a bit more than the basic cut

So I was thinking about buying one of these GPUs

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OC 4G GV-N105TOC-4GD

Gigabyte GTX1650 D6 GV-N1656OC-4GL

Or if you have any other suggestions within this budget

Will one of these GPUs allow me to work with Davinci without crashes?

Currently, this is my specs:

CPU - Quad Core i5 4590 3.3Ghz S1150
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 S1150
Memory - 16G (2x8GB) Transcend DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU - Gigabyte R9 270X 2G WindForce3 OC 1050Mhz

I want to use Fusion and not worry about crashes and slow render time….

Is a GPU enough for this or I need to upgrade other parts?

Thanks!

What I've tried so far:

-Updated drivers
-MEMTEST
-Reinstall Resolve
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Re: Need GPU Help For Davinci Resolve

PostMon May 17, 2021 8:38 am

A 4GB GPU is pretty marginal these days and certainly only enough for HD work.

If you start using advanced features such as temporal noise reduction and timewarp then you'll find the GPU runs out of memory pretty quickly -- but basic editing and light grading might be okay.

You can forget about anything in the 4K world unless you step up to 8GB or so.

I'm able to work on 4K footage with my system (only has 6GB of VRAM) mainly because I'm still running Resolve 15 which seems to be less demanding on video cards. If you're only looking for basic editing and very light color grading then it's worth stepping back a few versions if you start getting "GPU out of memory" errors with those 4GB cards.
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Re: Need GPU Help For Davinci Resolve

PostMon May 17, 2021 9:36 am

RCModelReviews wrote:A 4GB GPU is pretty marginal these days and certainly only enough for HD work.

If you start using advanced features such as temporal noise reduction and timewarp then you'll find the GPU runs out of memory pretty quickly -- but basic editing and light grading might be okay.

You can forget about anything in the 4K world unless you step up to 8GB or so.

I'm able to work on 4K footage with my system (only has 6GB of VRAM) mainly because I'm still running Resolve 15 which seems to be less demanding on video cards. If you're only looking for basic editing and very light color grading then it's worth stepping back a few versions if you start getting "GPU out of memory" errors with those 4GB cards.


Thanks!

For now, all I want is Fusion, light grading, and basic editing...
Resolve keeps crashing while doing simple tasks... can't render a video with
HD images...

Do you have a specific recommend GPU?
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Re: Need GPU Help For Davinci Resolve

PostMon May 17, 2021 2:00 pm

My choice would be an nVidia card with at least 8GB of VRAM and the most CUDA cores I could afford.
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