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Subject: Re: [AE] Quadro 4000 and ATI 5770 monitor hook-up best practice
From: Eric James Wood <list@helium14.com>
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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:08:11 -0700
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To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>,
 Robert Behnke <robert_behnke@yahoo.com>

Yes, drive your monitors with the ati, leave the quadro headless in the =
x16 slot, and set premiere to use it for the mercury playback engine. =
Done, and it will fly, if you use the quadro for an actual display, you =
will give up some of the speed increase since it has to display stuff.

On 2012.Apr.19, at 12.22, Robert Behnke wrote:

> So I sent out different specs and the powers to be allowed me to =
order: Two Quad Core 2.4, 32GB ram, Quadro 4000, 3 WD 1TB Black HDDs, 2 =
24 dell monitors (and a track ball ;)=20
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> So, the system will have both the 5570 ATI card and the 4000. What is =
the best practice for hooking up the displays? I read to hook the =
monitors up the to ATI and use the quadro to accelerate everything. Is =
this the way to go?=20
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> Thanks!
> Robert
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Robert Behnke <robert_behnke@yahoo.com>
> To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>=20
> Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 7:49 PM
> Subject: One quad core with quadro 4000 or two quad 2.4 with stock =
ATI.=20
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> Ok, to open this old hat again...=20
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> One quad core 2.8Ghz with ATI 5770 and Quadro 4000 card
> OR
> Two Quad Core 2.4Ghz with ATI 5770=20
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> I cannot think in terms of upgrading components later as this might be =
the end all be all.=20
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> Again, I am interested in Resolve and SpeedGrade, but will spend a lot =
of time with Premiere, AE, and Mocha Pro.
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> Thanks,
> Robert
> From: Brian Maffitt <brian@totaltraining.com>
> To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>=20
> Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 11:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [AE] ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
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> If it's a Mac Pro, and there are no nVidia options available, get the =
cheapest ATI option, then by all means don't get the RAM from Apple, get =
it from a third party and put it in yourself. You'll save hundreds of =
dollars that you can put towards an nVidia card, replacing the cheap ATI =
card. Someone else on the list can probably recommend something cheaper =
than the Quadra 4000 that will serve you well. A decent nVidia game card =
(GTX 480, GTX 580) will really rock the CUDA, if the Mac Pro supports =
it. Sorry if your IT department is inflexible about this... Apple could =
certainly make it easier by offering more options.
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> Brian
>> I'd say spend it on R
>> AM. Unless you play a lot of video games. RAM is going to give a much =
better overall boost to your system & rendering
>> On Apr 6, 2012 1:45 PM, "Robert Behnke" <robert_behnke@yahoo.com> =
wrote:
>> My options are ATI Radeon HD 5870 vs two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB or =
one ATI Radeon HD 5770.=20
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>> Or should I spend the money on RAM?=20
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>> I would like the system to possible work with Resolve or Adobe's new =
SpeedGrade (which I do not know that much about).=20
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>> Of course, I will be running two screens.=20
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>> Thanks!=20
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>> Robert Behnke
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