GP108-300-A1 chip, SMMs - 3, 64bit bus, 48Gb/s bandwidth, 942 GFlops

GTX 1050 / 1050 Ti, budget cards

GP107-300(400)-A1, SMMs - 5(6), 128bit bus, 112Gb/s bandwidth, 1733(1981) GFlops

GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/6GB, medium card

GP106-300(400)-A1, SMMs - 9(10), 192bit bus, 192Gb/s bandwidth, 3470 (3855 ) GFlops

GeForce GTX 1070 / GTX 1080, advanced cards

GP104-200(400)-A1, SMMs - 15(20), 256bit bus, 256 (320)Gb/s bandwidth, 5783 (8228 ) GFlops

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, top cards

GP102-350SMMs - 28, 352bit bus, 484 Gb/s bandwidth, 10609 GFlops

You can see extreme savings on design, as all cards consist from literally same blocks, just different number of them.

*Execution Units/EUs: General purpose execution units. These are used for graphics rendering, but they are also suited to a wide range of media processing tasks. * Media Fixed Function: In addition, specialized fixed function hardware accelerates video codec and frame processing algorithms for fundamentally higher performance at lower power than the EUs or CPUs.

The basic unit of the GPU architecture is the subslice. This contains EUs and memory components. They are assembled into slices.

Subslices are assembled into slices

Execution Units are general purpose compute engines ideal for video processing uses. They are often used by encode for parts of the algorithm not run in fixed function like rate control and mode decisions. The samplers are also highly important to media tasks. They are used by resize and motion estimation.

In addition to EU slices, there is an “unslice” with additional hardware engines individually schedulable for media tasks:

1. VDBox (also known as MFX) for codec operations
2. VEBox (also known as VQE) provides hardware acceleration for video enhancement/frame processing operations.

VDbox/MFX contains:

• Bitstream decoder (BSD).
• ENC (intra prediction, motion estimation)
• PAK (quantization, entropy coding, pixel reconstruction, motion compensation)

VEbox/VQE contains:

• Denoise
• Advanced Deinterlace (ADI)
• Local Adaptive Contrast Enhancement (LACE)
• Camera processing features (skin tone enhancement, etc.)

Intel FP32 GPU performance is still very low

Info from https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/managed/09/02/Intel_Media_Developers_Guide.pdf

In short, they added old HDMI 1.4 for recording 4K at no more than 30 fps.

http://www.convergent-design.com/

My shopping list so far is;

i7 4790K - Z97 Pro - 32 GB RAM - Intel 535 480GB (OS / apps / scratch) - WD Black 2TB (media)

I use this primarily and only for editing my own footage (AVCHD). I use only 2 brands of camera, not sure if I can name names, but one can deliver 100 Mbps 4K video in AVCHD, and 200 Mbps in 1080p, and the other one is the most popular action cam on the market. I use CS6 and if someone convinces me, I could consider switching to CC...so that should also be taken into consideration.

I would like to finalize my build by choosing the right card for this system, so if you can give me any advice, that would be awesome. I don't need any raid setups, for my intents and purposes I believe a straighforward build like this is enough, one day I might experiment with M2 but that's out of the option now.

Also, I do some mographs in AE but as far as I can tell, GPU acceleration in AE is for raytracing only, which is something I don't do so...I guess it doesn't matter. If the GPU can improve working in Resolve, that would be great.

Hope to get some good advices, and if you have any other suggestions on my build, feel free to add.

Thanks

If you look around almost 100% of not very thin and 4 core notebooks are now called gamers notes :-)

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jlfilms/saved/pcRWZL

will be for editing gh5 footage, I have monitor and 980 ti to go with that plus other drives ect.

any advice on ram or motherboard?

In editing and playback the only other things that matter are fixed encoder and decoder, see previous blog posts for it.

AMD

• Radeon R9 270X, 179.2GB/s, 2560(2688) GFlops
• Radeon R9 280X, 288GB/s, 3481.6 (4096) GFlops
• Radeon R9 290X, 320GB/s, 5632 Gflops
• Radeon R9 380X, 182.4GB/s, 3973.1 Gflops
• Radeon R9 390X, 384GB/s, 5913.6 Gflops
• Radeon RX 460, 112GB/s, 1953(2150) GFlops
• Radeon RX 470, 211GB/s, 3793(4940) GFlops
• Radeon RX 480, 224GB/s, 5161 (5834) GFlops
• Radeon RX 580, 256GB/s, 6100 GFlops

Nvidia

• GeForce GTX 670, 192GB/s, 2460 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 680, 192GB.s, 3090 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 770, 224GB/sec, 3213 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 780, 288GB/sec, 3977 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 780Ti, 336GB/Sec, 5046 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 970, 196GB/s, 3494 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 980, 224GB/s, 4612 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 336GB/s, 6144 GFlops
• GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 112GB/s, 1981(2138) GFlops
• GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 224GB/s, 3855 (4372) GFlops
• GeForce GTX 1070, 256GB/s, 5783 (6463)
• GeForce GTX 1080, 352GB/s, 8228 (8873)
• GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 484GB/s, 10609 (11340)

Polaris 11/21 chip, ACEs - 2, 112Gb/sec bandwidth, 1953Gflops/sec

Many cards unlock up to full 1024 stream processors.

RX 470/570, RX 480/580

Polaris 10/20 chips, ACEs - 4, 211-256Gb/sec bandwidth, 3790-5100Gflops/sec

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174393

Main change comes with video related features

• Full HEVC support
• HDR output support
• HDMI 2.0b and Displayport 1.4
• 4GB version for $199

10 core from $204 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-E5-2650-V3-ES-2-1Ghz-25MB-1-0Core-LGA2011-3-105W-22nm-M0-Processor-/401108482345

Note that actual progress in CPUs is very slow. So this is almost same as current models.

Some more stuff

• 7680x4320@60Hz support
• HDMI 2.0b interface with HDCP 2.2
• Displayport 1.4
• 180 W max consumption

In a nutshell: Its 3 trackballs, 3 dials, 2 reset buttons per dial/ball, 2 extra buttons A and B, it costs arround 370EUR and connects via USB.

The housing is made of (cheap) plastic and so it makes some noise when moving the balls, but the trackballs and dials are quite nice. I think its "ok" for the price.

I'm using it with Davinci Resolve and the setup is quite easy (less than 5min): download the Tangent hub software, install it, connect the Ripple, start Resolve, select Tangent Elements Panel (the Ripple simulates the Element TK), have fun.

The balls/dials controll the left 3 colour wheels/bars of the Colour page (I have not figured out how to controll the right most wheel/bar). The left reset buttons reset the respective colour wheel, the right buttons reset the respective colour wheels and luminance. Extra button B toggles "bypass all grades" on/off and I have no idea what the A button does.

I have not used the panel for serious grading so far, but from some quick testing I can say:

• The panel sits very stable on its four rubber feet..

• Its nice to be able to controll 2 or 3 colour wheels at once - much better than one by one.

• The trackballs are nice, heavy and feel good, but I have to adjust the sensetivity (if thats possible) as small changes are a bit imprecise.

• Its much better than using the mouse for the colour wheels... MUCH BETTER! (Thats the reason why I bought the Ripple.)

• I wish the B button would only bypass the current node, not all nodes. I have not found any way to reassign the A and B buttons to other functions (but maybe its possible).

• The right trackball sometimes does not move equally smooth in all directions - it seems one of the small support balls under the trackball gets stuck. Maybe this is only with my panel? (If you have a Ripple, please let me know if its the same on yours.)

Some tipps:

• Take the trackballs out of the housing if you want to pick up the panel and carry it arround! They are not enclosed by the housing and easily fall out (they are heavy!).

• If the panel wobbles on a flat surface, relocate the USB cable - it doesn't like to stay in its groove.

As you can see in the pictures, I'm going to use the Ripple (3 trackballs) with a Midifighter Twister (16 programmable rotary encoders) and an Icon Istage (lots of buttons) for my colour grading setup. The Ripple does work out of the box. The Twister works really nice with Controllermate and I'm nearly finished with the program to control a lot of functions in Resolve with it. The Istage might be replaced soon, as the hardware is quite nice for the low price, but the software/firmware is total crap... really, its the worst I have ever seen. I will try a Korg Nanopad2 soon, hopefully this will work better.

Feature Summary:

• 4K Ultra HD video recording @ 30 fps.
• High definition video recording at 720p @ 240fps and 1080p @ 120fps.
• Burst mode support for still image capture of over 700 Megapixels per second.
• Multi-exposure High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging support, including local tone mapping, preserves image details in high contrast scenes.
• Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) with rolling shutter correction.
• 3D Motion-Compensated Temporal Filtering (MCTF) with de-ghosting for reduced artifacts and low light performance.
• Support for applications including wireless preview, playback, and upload of stills and videos to a smartphone or directly to the Internet over WiFi.
• Interfaces such as DDR3L, USB 2.0 host, HDMI, and SDXC SD card.
• Low power – <1W for 1080p60 encode, <2W for Ultra HD 4K encode.

The A9 Camera Development Platform contains the necessary tools, software, hardware and documentation to develop a state-of-the-art network-enabled Ultra HD camera design.

Hardware Platform:

• Main board with A9 and sensor board with C/CS mount lens
• Sensor: Aptina, OmniVision, Samsung, Sony--many choices available Software Development Kit (SDK)
• Royalty-free libraries for ISP, 3A, and codecs
• Demonstration DV/DSC camera application with full source code
• Extensive and fully documented middleware API library suite Documentation
• Programmer's guide, application notes, API documents
• SoC data sheet, BOM, schematics and layout files

Official announcement: http://www.ambarella.com/news/33/74/Ambarella-Introduces-4K-Ultra-HD-Video-for-Next-Generation-Mirrorless-Sports-and-Digital-Still-Cameras.html

Product info PDF - http://www.ambarella.com/uploads/docs/A9-product-brief.pdf

Other pages about the Ambarella A9:

• http://www.anandtech.com/show/6652/ambarella-announces-a9-camera-soc-successor-to-the-a7-in-gopro-hero-3-black

I had originally decided on the Chuwi Hi8 for its 1920x1200 screen and USB Type-C connector. Turns out the Image App may not work on Android on Intel, and the Chuwi implementation of the Type C only gives USB 2.0 speeds.

Also, Android ARM tablets only have the USB 2.0 micro connector. Its really frustrating..

Can someone recommend an ARM Android tablet with USB 3.0 host functionality ?

EDIT :- Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 has USB 3.0 - but its a huge tablet.

So the idea is to implement a 4k 10bit 4:2:0 recording mode, because it would be less processor intensive and any quadcore computer would edit it with no sttuter when play in editing timeline. It would save lots of people with a quadcore and with a sixcore to avoid a computer upgrade. For lots of people it would be an impossible computer upgrade because a 8 core CPU + motherboard is very expensive.

A 4k 10bit 4:2:0 recording mode would be enough for a good VLOG and SLOG grading, because the 10bit would avoid banding. The 4:2:2 recording mode would be an option for people who needs chromakey and other compositing chroma intensive tasks.

The 4:2:0 video have 25% less pixels information compared to 4:2:2 video, only less color pixels, same luma resolution, and this would make the 4k 10bit footage less processor intensive to play smooth in editing timeline when using quadcore computers.

Bluray 4k is 10bit 4:2:0, and if 4:2:2 is needed, a render to 4:2:2 can be made without significant difference, the important thing is the 10bit.

So please Panasonic implement a 4k 10bit 4:2:0 recording mode in a firmware update for the GH5 and future cameras. This would be a simple firmware update.

Also Sony could implement this in future 4k cameras.

Read about the CPU tests here with detailed explanations and reports:

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/16454/what-cpu-and-gpu-to-edit-10bit-4k-video/p1

Idea is to use so called 6400T processors, engineering samples of full i7 6700, but on lower frequency

https://www.aliexpress.com/af/i7-6400t.html

You'll need Skylake supporting motherboard, preferably MSI and Asrock (as it require support of BIOS for overclocking), DDR4 memory. Also need external GPU.

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Overclocking

Check more details at (use translator)
https://www.overclockers.ru/lab/80598/razgonyaem-inzhenernye-obrazcy-processorov-intel-skylake-ili-privet-iz-kitaya.html

• Core i7-7700K, 4/8, 4.2 GHz, 8MB Cache, 91W TP, $349 US
• Core i7-7700, 4/8, 3.6 GHz, 8 MB Cache, 65W TP, $309 US
• Core i5-7600K, 4/4, 3.8 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 91W TP, $239 US
• Core i5-7600, 4/4, 3.5 GHz, 6 MB Cache, 65W TP, $219 US

http://wccftech.com/intel-kaby-lake-core-i7-7700k-price-leak/

So, all prices stay same as they are for current gen.

• Intel Core i7-6700K processor
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU
• 15″ x 10.1″ x 5″, size
• 16GB of RAM
• 240GB M.2 SSD
• 1TB 2.5 inch 7200 RPM hard drive
• 1 Thunderbolt 3/USB-Type C port
• 1 USB 3.1 Type-A port
• 5 USB 3.0 Type-A ports
• HDMI output
• Ethernet
• 5.1 channel audio
• Mic and headphone jacks
• 802.11ac WiFi

Full models list

This new line of Video Devices monitors feature 1920x1080 five-inch (PIX-E5 and PIX-E5H) and 1920x1200 seven-inch (PIX-E7) LCDs, a full suite of precision monitoring tools, SDI and HDMI I/O, plus the ability to record 4K and Apple ProRes 4444 XQ edit-ready files to affordable mSATA-based SpeedDrives.

http://www.videodevices.com/products/portable-video-recorders/pix-e

I wonder how much is their cheapest one with the HDMI only recorder? This could be good for gimbal setup as well as 5" is much more compact.

Also I am a PC guy. I understand that some people use Macs. That just isn’t for me. I want a fast PC laptop that can handle editing the GH4 4K video for less than $2000.

I definitely need to upgrade my laptop before my GH4 gets here. However, I am not sure what specs will help me and what will just cost me more money and not really give me any benefit.

Obviously a 4K screen would be ideal to match the footage. However, is that really necessary? With a 15-19 inch screen is that extra resolution going to matter at all? How much are the 4K laptops going to be? Is 1920x1080 going to look about the same as 4K on this size screen? Do any of you have a 4K laptop already?

What Grpahics processor? I have always been an ATI person before. However, Nvidia makes great video cards as well. What is the minimum ATI and Nvidia card that will work for editing 4k footage? Is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M enough?

Processor. It is confusing about what processor are fast and what processors are just pretending to be fast. My understanding is that I7 doesn’t always mean what you think it means. So what processor should I be looking for? Is the i7-4700MQ the best processor to get right now?

Operating system. I really hate Windows 8. I have a laptop with it and I hate it. I really don’t want to get another one with Windows 8. Will Windows 7 hold me back in any way? I have a lot of astrophotography programs that I also run and those won’t work properly under Windows 8.

Ram. I know the more you have the better. However, will you see a difference between 16 Gigs and 32 Gigs? There is usually a significant price difference between those. Is 16GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM enough?

Hard Drive. I am using USB 3.0 external drives right now. I need a lot more than 250 or even 500 GB so solid state is not really an option for me. Is solid state that much faster than USB 3.0?

Here is one laptop I am looking at. It is an Alienware 17.3" Laptop - 16GB Memory with the components I listed above. Are there better options out there for less than $1850?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/17-3-laptop-16gb-memory-750gb-hard-drive/5211137.p?id=1219115309847&skuId=5211137&st=categoryid$abcat0502000&cp=1&lp=1#tab=overview

*found this - need something similar but smaller

4K is $524 now

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKMY2LL/A/lg-ultrafine-4k-display?fnode=8a

and 5K is $974

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKN62LL/A/lg-ultrafine-5k-display?fnode=8a

• i7-6700HQ 3.5Ghz
• GTX 1060 6GB,
• Thunderbolt Type-C port
• USB 3.0 C type port
• 2 x USB 3.0 type A ports
• 1Gbit RJ45 port
• PCI-E SSD
• Mini DisplayPort 1.2
• HDMI 2.0 ports
• Tobii eye tracking
• Ability to connect GPU amplifier

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/alienware-13-laptop/dkcwe03h

Btw $1499 1080p IPS version is at http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/alienware-13-laptop/dkcwe02h