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I had to move my system and was putting it all back together and wanted to ask the group how they would reconnect my external monitors.
I have a 2019 MacPro system with Dual Radeon Pro W5700X 16GB graphic cards. This system has two thunderbolt ports in the rear, and two on top. Each Radeon Pro graphic card also has thunderbolt ports on them. I am connecting two LG UF 5k, 27" Tbolt Display monitors to it as well as a Blackmagic UltraStudio 4K Mini. Plus I have a thunderbolt external drive for backup purposes.This makes a total of four Thunderbolt ports.
I have been told that you want to keep your graphic cards free so all of their power goes to driving Resolve. I also cannot link the two LG 5K monitors together. Given that I would like to keep the two ports on top of the computer free, if possible, what's the best way to plug things in?
Option 1:
Plug in one LG 5K monitor to each graphic card
Plug in the US 4K Mini to an available thunderbolt port
Plug in the drive to the other thunderbolt port
Leave the top two ports open.
Option 2:
Plug in one LG 5K monitor to each available thunderbolt port
Plug in the US 4K Mini to the graphics card
Plug in the drive to the top thunderbolt port
Option 3:
Leave the graphics cards alone and use the 4 available thunderbolt ports
Thanks for your thoughts.
I have a 2019 MacPro system with Dual Radeon Pro W5700X 16GB graphic cards. This system has two thunderbolt ports in the rear, and two on top. Each Radeon Pro graphic card also has thunderbolt ports on them. I am connecting two LG UF 5k, 27" Tbolt Display monitors to it as well as a Blackmagic UltraStudio 4K Mini. Plus I have a thunderbolt external drive for backup purposes.This makes a total of four Thunderbolt ports.
I have been told that you want to keep your graphic cards free so all of their power goes to driving Resolve. I also cannot link the two LG 5K monitors together. Given that I would like to keep the two ports on top of the computer free, if possible, what's the best way to plug things in?
Option 1:
Plug in one LG 5K monitor to each graphic card
Plug in the US 4K Mini to an available thunderbolt port
Plug in the drive to the other thunderbolt port
Leave the top two ports open.
Option 2:
Plug in one LG 5K monitor to each available thunderbolt port
Plug in the US 4K Mini to the graphics card
Plug in the drive to the top thunderbolt port
Option 3:
Leave the graphics cards alone and use the 4 available thunderbolt ports
Thanks for your thoughts.
2019 MacPro OS 12.1, 3.2GHz 16 Core, 160GB Mem, 4TB Drive, 8TB Internal Sonnet Raid, Dual Radeon Pro W5700X 16GB
LG UF 5k, 27" Tbolt Display, 55" LG C8
Resolve Edit Keyboard, Mini Panel, US 4K Mini
Resolve Studio Ver. 17.4.3
Desktop Video 12.1
LG UF 5k, 27" Tbolt Display, 55" LG C8
Resolve Edit Keyboard, Mini Panel, US 4K Mini
Resolve Studio Ver. 17.4.3
Desktop Video 12.1