I'm grading on a Mac Mini M1 (2020) with 16GB of RAM running macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 (latest version).
Footage is from a BMPCC4K, shot in BRAW Q3.
Playback works fine with the base image (no nodes) - it plays back at 24fps (or 23.98 whatever).
But if I start to add a lot of nodes, not only does playback slow to a crawl (probably like 4 or 5 fps), but Resolve it will just get mad and stop letting me scrub footage or show me an updated image if I, say, disable a node. So I have to close Resolve and reopen and then it works fine for a while (10-15 minutes) but I mess with too much stuff it gets mad again, have to quit, reopen, and so on.
By the way, this is all without any noise reduction, or any local effects or anything that's obviously intensive on a CPU/GPU.
I've attached a pic of an example of my node tree. My timeline is set to 2048x1024 (it's a 2.0:1 aspect ratio project) and not the full 4K resolution. Image scaling is bilinear. Deinterlace quality is "Normal." And I've attached examples of some of my other settings.
Any suggestions that might help, or is this just a case of need more computing power? I'm planning to get a Mac Studio this summer but wanted to see what I could do in the mean time, if possible.
Thank you!
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