Specifications

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DAVINCI RESOLVE FOR MAC - CERTIFIED CONFIGURATION GUIDE
Mac Pro
This guide details configurations for the 2012 Mac
Pro and older models. The guide will be updated
to include the new 2013 Mac Pro when they
become available.
DaVinci Resolve 10 includes support for the OpenCL
GPUs including the features that previously were
only available on CUDA based GPUs.
DaVinci Resolve continues to support the CUDA
based image processing for Mac, Windows and
Linux OS systems.
Mac Pro - 2012
A 2012 Mac Pro with multiple disks is recommended
if you will be working with projects in resolutions
higher than HD or if you are ingesting video from a
tape deck. If you are grading stereoscopic projects
the Mac Pro is more suitable than the iMac as you can
add more image processing GPUs with more GPU
RAM and disks for the stereoscopic image stream.
The key benefits of the 2012 Mac Pro include dual
CPUs, easily expandable RAM and the four PCIe slots,
which permit you to add a RAID controller for storage
and to add extra GPUs via a PCIe expander chassis.
Resolve is multi GPU aware and while it will operate
on a single GPU sharing the GUI and image
processing operations, having one or more separate
image processing GPUs will significantly improve
operational speed.
This configuration is possible by connecting a PCIe
expander chassis into one of the fast x16 slots of
the Mac Pro motherboard and placing up to four
image processing GPUs in that expander. Details
of board combinations and slot positions, which are
important, are detailed later in this guide.
The 2012 Mac Pro is currently shipping from Apple
with an option for the AMD/ATI Radeon HD5770 or
the HD 5870 GUI GPU. These GPUs are ok for the
Resolve GUI but we recommend either replacing
them with a single fast GeForce CUDA based GPU
if you are planning to used the same GPU for image
processing and GUI, or using the HD 5770 for the GUI
and a separate CUDA GPU for image processing.