Blackmagic Davinci Resolve 15 Released - Free D/L Avail

[Googly Smythe]

Does anyone know what sort of graphics card I'd need to run this? I can't see any minimum system requirements on their website.

Nothing special - I use a 4 year old amd card that cost around £60, with 2 gigs of memory.

[v1o]

Will it run on integrated graphics?


And how does it compare to Final Cut Pro.

[ozmuso67]

Does anyone know what sort of graphics card I'd need to run this? I can't see any minimum system requirements on their website.

There used to be a page on their website showing minimum and recommended hardware. From memory, a few years back (for Resolve version 11 or 12), the card I had, a Nvidia GTX 970 was at or above the minimum required (with a decent quad core CPU and a lot of ram of course, as well), but I can tell you that working with a GTX 970 was painful - processing and displaying on-screen was slow.

All that said, they have noted that improvements and optimizations have been made that improve performance with the latest version. However, I imagine that you would want at least a quad core CPU, with 8-16GB ram. You would also probably want a GTX 1070 or 1080 or even 1080Ti, if you want good performance.

That being said, I imagine that you could get away with a GTX 970 or GTX 1060, however, I wouldn't expect great performance with these cards.

[jens]

I think so too!

Does that mean you are my doppelgänger?

It means the following.

[THE INTRANCER]

. You would also probably want a GTX 1070 or 1080 or even 1080Ti, if you want good performance.

That being said, I imagine that you could get away with a GTX 970 or GTX 1060, however, I wouldn't expect great performance with these cards.

These graphic cards are way overpriced (because DDR Ram isn't cheap right now) and I wouldn't suggest anyone on a modest budget to go out and buy one just to use this program. Fusion 9 (partly what's been integrated into Davanici Resolve) is an incredibly speedy program even on 10 year old graphic cards. It's always been Resolve that has struggled playback in performance. For comparison Hitfilm 2018 is super smooth in playing back material with the same material on the same graphics card, even of a 10 year old age.

Unless you are working on huge complex 3D models in 3D rendering programs/ gaming with very high screen resolutions, these graphic cards are really overkill for video editing. The bulk of the processing is going to come down to the power of your CPU in calculating what it needs before passing to the GPU to be able to display it.

A GTX 1050 TI which can be had for between £150 - £200 is probably a better value for performance graphics card for all but the most demanding projects and overall upgrade if one has lesser.

[mutantdog]

Thanks INTRANCER, that's a good bit of info there. I'm not at my desktop right now but i recall my CPU being a 4790k i7 so it should be fairly capable even though i don't currently have a graphics card. It will be a couple of months before i'll have time to seriously look at this but it certainly seems to be the most appealing option available.

[cron]

. You would also probably want a GTX 1070 or 1080 or even 1080Ti, if you want good performance.

That being said, I imagine that you could get away with a GTX 970 or GTX 1060, however, I wouldn't expect great performance with these cards.

These graphic cards are way overpriced (because DDR Ram isn't cheap right now) and I wouldn't suggest anyone on a modest budget to go out and buy one just to use this program. Fusion 9 (partly what's been integrated into Davanici Resolve) is an incredibly speedy program even on 10 year old graphic cards. It's always been Resolve that has struggled playback in performance. For comparison Hitfilm 2018 is super smooth in playing back material with the same material on the same graphics card, even of a 10 year old age.

Unless you are working on huge complex 3D models in 3D rendering programs/ gaming with very high screen resolutions, these graphic cards are really overkill for video editing. The bulk of the processing is going to come down to the power of your CPU in calculating what it needs before passing to the GPU to be able to display it.

A GTX 1050 TI which can be had for between £150 - £200 is probably a better value for performance graphics card for all but the most demanding projects and overall upgrade if one has lesser.

Sadly it's an absolutely awful time to buy a graphics card due to cryptocurrency mining. Only the very low and very high end are unaffected. Cards often selling for up to and beyond double RRP, and that's when you can find them in stock. We're in the bizarre situation where I could sell my 970 on eBay for around 75% of the price I paid for it brand new 4 years ago. On the other hand, if you're sitting on an old mid-range graphics card following an upgrade, you know what to do!

[jancivil]

Will it run on integrated graphics?

It will.

And how does it compare to Final Cut Pro.

It's pretty different than FCPX. I have no experience with FCP 7. FCPX is for me more obvious in the layout.
Resolve, for instance makes you go into the 'Media' page to add a file; then to render is a separate page (than the 'Edit' page with the timeline).
It has this whole audio page with a mixer that led one member here to call it a DAW at some time here. It totally isn't, in the usual sense. This is the more resources-intensive experience for me so far, although note I have no real need for this aspect.

It doesn't have the stupid Apple helper daemon to test audio plugins every start (and it has not blacklisted any). it's about the same in efficiency and time to render etc.

[Guenon]

It has this whole audio page with a mixer that led one member here to call it a DAW at some time here. It totally isn't, in the usual sense.

The way "DAW" is usually understood around here, it quite isn't, yeah. But as a literal Digital Audio Workstation, it very much is . You can record with it, punch in, mix, automate (both internal and any VST parameters), warp/timestretch, do buses/submixes and so on. So these days it really can be used as an audio workstation for mixing duties. Not commenting on how well it works for that in practice, as I'm only just exploring the video editing side of this, and not intending to use it for dedicated audio tasks, but anyway -- it's got surprisingly comprehensive audio functionality in any case.

Hah, there's a Humble Bundle offer going on at the moment, with Vegas Pro 14 Edit for around 16 euros again... 4K support and everything. Considering that and the free version of Resolve, there's a remarkable variety of almost free video editing power available these days. Phew.