Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows at DVinfo.net

Bart Walczak · September 9th, 2011, 02:22 PM

Blackmagic Design: View Press Release

I'm dancing with joy right now. My dillemas about new Mac/PC workstation are now resolved (pun intended :)

Andrew Stone · September 9th, 2011, 02:41 PM

Great news. Q1 of 2012 for release. You will be able to move between Mac or PC with the same copy but of course it is a single license.

Steve Kalle · September 9th, 2011, 09:36 PM

Dang, you beat me to it. I just came here to start a thread because I'm ecstatic about this. I already have a uber powerful HP Z800 (12-cores) with a Quadro and BM Decklink Extreme 3D. All I need is the Wave control surface and another GPU.

One concern I have.....well, the only concern I have is whether a regular nvidia Geforce card will work with a Quadro. The way Windows handles GPU drivers is different from OSX (from people I have spoken with, installing Quadro GPU drivers is a major PITA in OSX). In OSX, you can use a Quadro with non-Quadro cards but Windows is different.

One area that Windows 7 definitely trumps OSX is being able to output 10bit through Displayport on certain Quadro cards such as my FX3800. I already enjoy 10bit through Premiere Pro CS5 to my Eizo CG243W and I would love BM Design even more if they enable Resolve to output 10bit through a Quadro GPU.

For serious GPU power with Resolve, people can now build PCs with 5 GPUs (single slot) and still have room for a Raid controller and a Decklink card. Or you can use the onboard Intel Raid (or the onboard LSI SAS raid in the HP Z800) and the UltraStudio Pro via USB 3 and fill up all PCIe slots with GPUs (up to 7 single slot or 4 double slot GPUs). Eat you heart out Apple!

Bart Walczak · September 10th, 2011, 12:43 PM

I hope this also means that Resolve will accept XDCAM EX files in mp4 wrapper, since this is what we use daily for our productions.

September 9th, 2011, 02:22 PM	#1
Bart Walczak Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Warsaw/Poland Posts: 716	Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows Blackmagic Design: View Press Release I'm dancing with joy right now. My dillemas about new Mac/PC workstation are now resolved (pun intended :) __________________ Creative Impatience - The Solace of Simple Solutions. A few useful plugins for Adobe users, and my remarks on the tools and the craft in general.

September 9th, 2011, 02:41 PM	#2
Andrew Stone Major Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 975	Re: Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows Great news. Q1 of 2012 for release. You will be able to move between Mac or PC with the same copy but of course it is a single license.

September 9th, 2011, 09:36 PM	#3
Steve Kalle Trustee Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,554	Re: Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows Dang, you beat me to it. I just came here to start a thread because I'm ecstatic about this. I already have a uber powerful HP Z800 (12-cores) with a Quadro and BM Decklink Extreme 3D. All I need is the Wave control surface and another GPU. One concern I have.....well, the only concern I have is whether a regular nvidia Geforce card will work with a Quadro. The way Windows handles GPU drivers is different from OSX (from people I have spoken with, installing Quadro GPU drivers is a major PITA in OSX). In OSX, you can use a Quadro with non-Quadro cards but Windows is different. One area that Windows 7 definitely trumps OSX is being able to output 10bit through Displayport on certain Quadro cards such as my FX3800. I already enjoy 10bit through Premiere Pro CS5 to my Eizo CG243W and I would love BM Design even more if they enable Resolve to output 10bit through a Quadro GPU. For serious GPU power with Resolve, people can now build PCs with 5 GPUs (single slot) and still have room for a Raid controller and a Decklink card. Or you can use the onboard Intel Raid (or the onboard LSI SAS raid in the HP Z800) and the UltraStudio Pro via USB 3 and fill up all PCIe slots with GPUs (up to 7 single slot or 4 double slot GPUs). Eat you heart out Apple!

September 10th, 2011, 12:43 PM	#4
Bart Walczak Major Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Warsaw/Poland Posts: 716	Re: Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve for Microsoft Windows I hope this also means that Resolve will accept XDCAM EX files in mp4 wrapper, since this is what we use daily for our productions. __________________ Creative Impatience - The Solace of Simple Solutions. A few useful plugins for Adobe users, and my remarks on the tools and the craft in general.