Specifications

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DAVINCI RESOLVE FOR MAC - CERTIFIED CONFIGURATION GUIDE
Physical requirements of graphics cards suitable for internal use within the Mac Pro using OS X 10.8.4
While Resolve 10 supports CUDA and
OpenCLbased image processing GPUs, including
features previously only available on CUDA like
noise reduction, for the 2012 Mac Pro we have only
qualified support for NVIDIA CUDA GPUs. OpenCL
GPUs will be reviewed at a later date and may be
included in subsequent guides.
When using a 2012 Mac Pro without a PCI Express
expansion chassis, the choice of graphics cards for
the Resolve GUI and GPU is limited by the width
of the cards, the number of auxiliary PCIe power
connections they require and whether new cards will
be purchased or existing cards reused.
Slots 1 and 2 in the Mac Pro are suitable for graphics
cards as they provide maximum bandwidth and
run the cards at full speed. Slot 1 is double-width
and slot 2 is single-width. Some graphics cards
only need a single-width PCIe slot whereas others
require a double-width slot.
The Mac Pro provides two auxiliary PCIe power
connections. The number of power connections
required by a graphics card might be 2, 1 or none.
When choosing GUI and GPU cards for your Mac
Pro, ensure the total number of auxiliary PCIe power
connections is no more than 2, and that no more
than 1 of these cards requires a double-width slot.
The table below shows the slot-width and power
connections required for supported graphics cards.
The ATI Radeon HD 5770 is a standard graphics card
with the 2010 and 2012 series of Mac Pro computers.
It is suitable for the GUI to connect your computer
monitor.
You have the option within Resolve of using a single
GPU to perform both the GUI and image processing
functions leaving the other slot free for another
card. In this case we recommend replacing the ATI
Radeon HD 5770 with a much faster CUDA GPU as
listed below.
Note:
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If you use a single shared GPU for both image processing and the GUI we recommend the fastest CUDA
GPU available at the time that's supported on Mac OS X. The GTX 670 is a low cost starting point for
single GPU systems with more expensive GTX series cards generally performing better.
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The computer boot screen is not always available with all GPUs.
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ATI Radeon HD5770 is not supported with four image processing GPUs.
Board
Required width of
PCIe slots
Auxiliary PCIe
power connections
Function
ATI Radeon HD 5770 2 1 GUI
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 1 1 GUI
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 2 2* Shared GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 2* Shared GPU
*Be sure to select the GPUs that use only two six- pin power connectors, not the cards that use a six pin and also an eight pin.
Choosing graphics cards for your Mac Pro