It did turn on.ProRes and FCPX are both still big parts of my work, so moving over to a PC (as much as I'd like to at this stage) isn't an option.The original, free professional craft video editing software. I left the power cord unplugged through the night and plugged it back the next morning. Last week it suddenly shutdown while working and would not turn on anymore. I have a Mac Pro 2012 5.1 12-core at my company that is being used as an editing suite. Constant crashes, running out of GPU memory (with the 2GB GTX680 internal card) it's simply costing me more time in issues than it's worth.Mac Pro 2012 tower does not turn on.Though I'm not sure if that'd offer as much performance as the older Mac Pro.Yes you do get 4 PCI slots, but I use one for a RAID controller. Slower rendering/processing speeds compared to new machines isn't my biggest concern either, it's having a machine that's powerful and stable enough the slog through the heavy workloads of raw projects without crashing - so I don't mind it chugging through things slower, so long as it keeps chugging at all times.The other alternative I'm considering is jury-rigging a Maxwell Titan X on to the iMac as an eGPU (using an Akitio Node, and a TB3 to TB2 converter). I'm really struggling here, and need a machine that's up to the task.
2012 Pro 5.1 For Red Editing Install A SecondMaybe on an HP with 24 cores or something, but not here. The 12 cores can't saturate the SATA bus when caching. Yes you'll get faster speed with PCI SSD, but SATA SSD is quite fast for caching and I'm not sure the extra speed would make a difference. That setup is fast enough and I'm never waiting on drives, so I think I can get rid of my external RAID and install a second Titan (with external power) in that slot. I currently have 4x WD BLACK 4TB's in the internal sata bays (for a total of 16TB in RAID0) and I use my boot SSD drive as cache drive (that drive can just go under the DVD drive, no need to use one of the SATA bays, there's an extra SATA port available under the DVD drive).So empirically, I'd have to say that having a card that gives you proper video I/O is the way to go.I'll certainly be adding one to mine. Adding an Ultrastudio Mini and a 10-bit reference monitor changed my life with the iMac. Ensuring a 10bit signal whilst not melting the motherboard are obvious concerns.I don't know anything about that particular monitor/gpu combination sorry Dom, but I'd assume you'd want to add a Decklink card. I would first make sure to get the Titan, and a good internal 4-drive WD BLACK RAID, and a large GUI monitor, and a great color grading monitor, and good calibration software/probe, and a control surface/panels, etc.Dom Lancaster wrote:Mark, I'm in exactly the same boat - just about to make the leap from iMac set up (using BM Mini Monitor / Eizo CG247 for monitoring) to a Mac 5.1 for more stability and better performance.Would the outputs of an NVIDIA GTX 980ti (or Titan) be sufficient to run a calibrated monitor, an additional HD monitor (GUI) + the ability to output a signal to a second computer (in my case a macbook pro) running ScopeBox?Or does one need a BlackMagic PCIe card (Decklink 4K) to achieve all this?I guess i'm curious to know when / why it's important to add such a device to a set-up if a decent graphics card has similar outputs. I use CarbonCopyCloner for the backup.You can definitely go ahead with PCI SSD, but I don't think it's priority in the budget (over SATA SSD). I have an external USB3 RAID for constant backup of the internal RAiD too (I'm not a fan of RAID5). Why are there two icons for one app on my mac screenI think I've just been hoping/praying/deluding myself into thinking that I can find a way not to dig myself further into this financial hole I'm climbing down (for a seven-year-old computer!).I'm just going to have to flog the iMac, and use whatever pittance I can recover from it to buy a new monitor. And then you could use the new 27" as a second display for the iMac when you start wanting to do your conform/reconcile with it before going to grade.Thanks JP, you talk pure sense. I gather they both offer similar performance in most areas, but the VRAM appears to be the key point in keeping Davinci from crapping out all of the time, so I think having 12Gb over 6Gb would have a significant advantage for that reason.Mark Kenfield wrote: I'm wondering about using the iMac as the primary display for the computer (for the GUI).Link to enabling "Target Display Mode" -All of this depends on your iMac being a Late 2009 or mid-2010, and the MacPro has to support a Mini Display Port (Thunderbolt is probably out of the picture with a 5,1) and a macOS user account.Seems like a Rube Goldberg approach to avoid getting a real display that won't be a waste of the iMac. Goes up to 2560 which is plenty for the Resolve interface, because after that, the font-point doesn't go any bigger. Sure, "4K."I'm pretty happy with my ASUS PB278. Right now, we've got to keep plowing forward into OSX something-or-other or whatever because.? To make it easier to buy music from iTunes? Ridiculous. The actual practice of how we grade has plateaued (after the major restructure of migrating to commodity machines 12 years ago. I have four MacPros of three vintages (last two are 5,1's) - this would work indefinitely if it wasn't for the manufacturers and software engineers deliberately obsoleting the platforms needlessly. I'm not sure the projects I'm working on will push a 980Ti to the limits (mostly HD / 2K) but i'll definitely bear it in mind. It's interesting you mention the advantages of the Titan over the 980Ti - i've only read a few comparisons but heard they had quite similar performance levels but that the latter was a lot cheaper. So empirically, I'd have to say that having a card that gives you proper video I/O is the way to go.Thanks Mark - yes the Ultrastudio Mini /10-bit ref monitor / iMac combo has worked well for me so far so i'm happy to upgrade to an internal Decklink card with a 5.1 Mac. Adding an Ultrastudio Mini and a 10-bit reference monitor changed my life with the iMac. Situationally its a pretty minor component in the overall picture-processing path and how much should be invested in getting that as robust as possible.Mark Kenfield wrote:I don't know anything about that particular monitor/gpu combination sorry Dom, but I'd assume you'd want to add a Decklink card. Has a fairly effective internal RGB calibration interface - close enough for rough reference, just fine for secondary picker.
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