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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

DAVINCI RESOLVE and ***HACKINTOSH***

Ciao Paul,
the 5500 I do not know, I've never tried.
The cards gtx 460 or 470 or 480 are the regular PC card not "flashed" MAC.


thanks you
LUIGI
 
460 or 470 or 480.
i have 4 gtx 470 in my system , 3 gpu and 1 gui :)

thanks
Luigi
 
How does the Mac 5500 work? Out of Box? Or are there drivers needed?

I wouldn't flash it to a Mac version just yet, it may not behave well on Windows and Linux OS.
 
@Alex
Not sure if your 5500 question was for me or Luigi. But the fx5500 that I have is for PC.

@Luigi
Question about performance.
What is your average render speed (fps) for HD/2K material (DPX material only, not R3D or other compressed formats) when reading and writing from/to the same raid volume?

Thanks!
 
Yeah, I was just curious how a 5500 works on a real Mac. Whatever steps you need on a real mac are mostly the same. You should only have to Install appropriate mac driver(if any), then add gfx string to bootloader in the com.apple.boot.plist. Just check that Quartz Extreme and Core Image are enabled.
 
Paul Sage said:
@Alex
Not sure if your 5500 question was for me or Luigi. But the fx5500 that I have is for PC.

@Luigi
Question about performance.
What is your average render speed (fps) for HD/2K material (DPX material only, not R3D or other compressed formats) when reading and writing from/to the same raid volume?

Thanks!
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Ciao Paul,

for R3D 4/4.5k to 1920x1080 half resolution is about 15 fps
" to 1920x1080 full resolution is about 4/7 fps
" " " Quarter " is real time
For DPX 4/4.5k to 1920x 1080 full/half/quarter/ resolution my system is 5/6 fps to render
my raid is raid0 with internal sata ,4 drive speed about 320 mb/s

Attention Paul more video card not help in render R3D , in this case help you only more CPU and Red rocket card.See post ALEX or JEFF or ANDRAE or DAVID , cuda help you only for grading color more nodes .
If you render R3D in Full resolution only solution is redrocket or buy MACPRO 24 core for half resolution in real time.


thanks
Luigi
 
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I can not install any distro...

I can not install any distro...

Hello.

I have a MOBO P6T7 WAS Supercomputer
i7 975 Extreme
12 GB DDR3
QuadroFX 4800
etc., etc. ...

But I can not install any distro.

When I try to install, appears a second white screen with apple and then restart the computer ...

I need modified bios?

Thanks.
 
PremierePRO said:
Hello.

I have a MOBO P6T7 WAS Supercomputer
i7 975 Extreme
12 GB DDR3
QuadroFX 4800
etc., etc. ...

But I can not install any distro.

When I try to install, appears a second white screen with apple and then restart the computer ...

I need modified bios?

Thanks.
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seriously dude, what part of these first 5 sentences in the FIRST paragraph when you signed up was unclear? I mean this is the FIRST THING that appears.

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you can change your name here -> http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?t=32432
 
Hi David, what card are you using for your GUI in resolve? I assume the 3-way SLI are all for processing?

I am starting a build and originally bought 3 460's as per the guide, but come to find out they ARE NOT compatible with 3-way SLI, ONLY 2-way SLI.

So i am returning to newEgg, and getting the 470's instead.

But i am now curious how everyone is running their gui monitor, and which cards they are using for that.

thanks,

noto

David Kellermann said:
I tried to set up my system with Luigi's guide (thanks again for it!). I installed OSX from a MacMini to an Sata hard disk drive which I connected later to the Sata1 port on the P6T7.
Unfortunately, after the BIOS screen, all I see is a blinking underline.

My setup (from CPU downwards)

1 - empty
2 - empty
3 - GTX480
4 - Decklink 3D+
5 - GTX480
6 - Areca RAID 1880-i (8 port sata)
7 - GTX480

I can't really change this setup, since all 3 GPUs are connected over a watercooling bridge which I don't really want to take out since it took me already years to make it work.
And the other cards are under that bridge (Aquacomputer Twinconnect). Does someone know where the error might be? Or how to integrate drivers into the OSX installer?

There's an other walkthrough (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=1062) but it's configured for 2x GTX285.
I got the files for 3x GTX480 (http://aquamac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hack1&action=display&thread=509) and installed them into the com.apple.boot.plist on the OSX install (the hard drive, not the 1GB USB bootloader).
But without success.

Does someone know if I can first install to a normal drive and then (if it finally works) somehow clone the install to the RAID?
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Hi Noto,

fist off all.... please change your name since RedUser is a real name forum (see thread above from Tim).

I'm using the GTX480 in the third slot as GUI, just as you can see in the post you quoted. I'm not really sure whether an other GPU than a GTX 480 would work as a GUI. As far as I know all GPUs should be the same. Also I think I read that DaVinci is using half of the GUI GPU also for processing and that a slower GPU would slow the whole system down. Don't take that for granted, since I never tried it.

@ Luigi: I installed your CUDA Generation update, but get an error quite often when I try to shut down the PC. Did you run into the same problem?

This week I'll finally have some time to work with DaVinci on a feature film. Any issues with long projects? I graded until now only commercials with it, so I'm happy for any tips concerning longer projects. The film was shot on Canon DSLRs, so I'm using 10bit DPX files.
 
David Kellermann said:
@ Luigi: I installed your CUDA Generation update, but get an error quite often when I try to shut down the PC. Did you run into the same problem?
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Ciao DAvid,
no have a problem , shut down in my p6 is perfect, what is your problem?
try Pfix in terminal.

hey David you have a problem freeze with your nvidia ? look this

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8015&start=0

or this

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=187401

this problem is with new driver Fermi Nvidia MAc OS and Windows system.

ciao
Luigi
 
Up and Running on 10.6.6

Up and Running on 10.6.6

Many Thanks to Luigi and all of the RedUsers on this forum.

It took a month of research and a day of building, but overall the system went pretty smooth. This was my 8th osx86 build, and i am really happy w/ this machine so far. Here are my specs:

Corsair 800D Case
i7 960 (not overclocked yet)
24gb Corsair Ram

slot 1- sonnet tempo e2p sata controller
slot 2- Blackmagic decklink SDI
slot 3- EVGA GTX 470
slot 4- open
slot 5- EVGA GTX 470
slot 6 - open
slot 7- EVGA GTX 470

Pictures coming soon.

MD
 
Coming soon....
with team Insanelymac and IRESET i finish the new installer for 4 gtx evga 470 liquid coleed with Black magic 3d . this new installer inject directly the driver in dsdt table and the system is more better in performance and stability in Davinci system.
if you want to make beta tester contact me .
This istaller coming the next week.:thumbup1:


thanks
luigi
 

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Ok GUYS,

WITH TEAM INSANELYMAC AND IRESET I FINISH NEW INSTALLER.:w00t:

INSTALLER CUDA GENERATION 2 IS COMPLETE WITH CHAMELEON AND DRIVER AUDIO AND DRIVER NVIDIA FERMI AND ROM OF EVGA GTX 470, IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER GTX (ASUS,POWERCOLOR,ECC...)CONTACT ME FOR CUSTOM INSTALLER.


THANKS A LOT :cheers2:
LUIGI
 
Resolve Rig Complete! (pictures)

Resolve Rig Complete! (pictures)

Here are a few pictures of the competed Resolve Rig. Many Thanks to Luigi and this Forum.




The DeathStar:
-Running stable on OSX 10.6.6
-2k proRes 4444 real time with multiple nodes.
-R3D 4k half res ~16 fps with multiple nodes, quarter res real time
-Geekbench: 12,560

Corsair 800D Obsidian Case
i7 960 overclocked to 4.0Ghz
24gb Corsair RAM
slot 1- sonnet tempo e2p sata controller
slot 2- Blackmagic decklink SDI
slot 3- EVGA GTX 470
slot 4- open
slot 5- EVGA GTX 470
slot 6 - open
slot 7- EVGA GTX 470

More improvements to come!

:cheers2:

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Thanks to you Rutherford i am happy for you ;):cheers2:

ok new update 10.6.7 not resolve freeze when use GPU.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20045613-263.html
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2768351&tstart=0

test with this ----->>>>>>
http://mbp-freeze.wikispaces.com/

ok i added in the first page CUDA GENERATION 2 , and the old installer legacy for 3 gtx.
CUDA GENERATION 2 IS DESIGNED FOR ONLY 3 OR 4 gtx 470 EVGA, i work for the another installer with EVGA GTX 480 .NOT USE FOR OTHER GTX:dupe:

THE NEWS IN THIS INSTALLER:

1. RESOLVE BUG SYSTEM ID
2. ADDED GRAFIC CARD IN DSDT TABLE
3. ETRA FORLDER ONLY 2 KEXT
4. ADDED AUDIO HDMI GFX
5. RESOLVE REPAIR PERMISSION

IS POSSIBLE TO UPDATE TO 10.6.7 BUT IF YOU HAVE A HANG FREEZE BACK TO 10.6.3 IN THIS MOMENT IS BETTER FOR P6T7 SUPERCOMPUTER .
 
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OK MY FRIEND ,

UPDATE TO 10.6.7 BUG RESOLVED WITH TEAM INSANELYMAC ;):cheers2:

LOOK FIRST PAGE FOR GUIDE

luigi

 
hi luigi, would this work with the
GTX 460 SE cards? or non SE?


thanks
 
Hi PAUL,

you have 1 cord or you have 3 card or 4 card?
and your card is EVGA?
What is your setup ?

thanks
Luigi
 
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