Dual Displays using GPU

[Ryan McGregor]

Just wondering if it is possible to run a two monitor configuration on Resolve, 24" Cinema Display and Dreamcolor, using the same graphics card as the GUI. I'm using the Dreamcolor monitor as my fullscreen viewing monitor with Color right now and would prefer to use this with Resolve using DVI rather than having to use an I/O card, main reason is being able to have the monitor calibrated with my Spyder Elite and still having room in the MacPro for the RedRocket and ESATA card without an expansion chasis. I do plan to get an I/O card, expansion chasis and Panasonic 25" monitor at some point in the future, but would love to try out Resolve first without it.

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Yes.

You can only use the GUI card for monitors. You can use as many monitors as the GUI card supports. You can have more than one GUI monitor if you like.

In fact, if you were so inclined you could stick four Quadro 4000 GPU's in a Mac Pro, and one would be used by Resolve, while the other 3 would be available to OS X.

The GPU card is used by Resolve for its number crunching capacity, not in any way for display/output. You don't attach anything to it. (Well except the computer.) As of the latest update you can have more than one GPU card as well, all with the same limitations: no monitors should be attached, they belong to Resolve.

 

[Ryan McGregor]

Great! So if I get the Nvidia 5770 Card in my MacPro with the Quadro 4000 GPU I should be able to run the User Interface on my Cinema Display, the fullscreen viewer on the Dreamcolor and have another monitor handy for the scopes right?

 

[Gui Ramalho]

Resolve does not output full video thru DVI like color does, you need an DeckLink card for this, Sorry you will loose an extra slot...


Gui R.

 

[Ben Brainerd]

Resolve does not output full video thru DVI like color does, you need an DeckLink card for this, Sorry you will loose an extra slot...


Gui R.

Yeah, you don't want to run your reference monitor off DVI from the GPU. You won't necessarily get accurate color.

 

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Great! So if I get the Nvidia 5770 Card in my MacPro with the Quadro 4000 GPU I should be able to run the User Interface on my Cinema Display, the fullscreen viewer on the Dreamcolor and have another monitor handy for the scopes right?

Its an ATI 5770 card. And yes, you can run the GUI on that ATI card and use the Quadro as the GPU card for Resolve.

I think you can run the scopes on one GUI monitor, and one GUI monitor for the main UI.

You must use a video i/o card with Resolve- although that bit is redundant at this point.