Hardware Requirements

The way MIST playbacks and processes media highly depends on the capabilities of the hardware chosen. Please make sure to select the workstation according to your needs.

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 64 bit

Supported GPU

NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000, RTX A8000
NVIDIA Quadro (Ada) RTX 6000, RTX 8000
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
NVIDIA RTX 4090, NVIDIA RTX 5090

IMPORTANT
All configurations MUST have 2 GPUs when GPU is used for decoding JPEG2000 (DCP & IMF).
A single GPU machine will not reach its peak performance.
When using 2 GPUs they must be of the same model.

TIP
In order to ensure the proper functioning of Nvidia’s GPUs cards, please keep up to date the version of your drivers and refer to the Multi-GPU Configuration article of the Knowledge base.

Supported Video IO cards

AJA Kona 5,
BlackMagic DeckLink Studio 4K, Decklink 8K Pro, Decklink 8K Pro G2

Storage

Whatever the type of storage chosen, internal, NAS or SAN, its capacity and bandwidth will impact the playback speed.

TIP
Count 30% overhead to the necessary bandwidth for a particular media.
For example to assure a realtime playback of a 800 Mbit content, the network must serve sustained 1040 Mbit.

Screen

Minimum 1 screen of 1920 x 1200 resolution.
The auxiliary screens for multiple display mode can be of 1920 x 1080 resolution

RECOMMENDATION
For ease of use and optimal rendering, we recommend a Dream Color Z 27 series or similar type screen of 2560 x 1440.

Recommended Hardware configurations

Recommended Systems for MIST Prime

HP Z8

CPU

Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors or higher

Memory

256 GB

GPU

Minimum 2 NVIDIA RTX A6000 or RTX 4090
HP Z8 Fury

CPU

Single Xeon W5-3435X or higher

Memory

256 GB

GPU

Minimum 2 NVIDIA RTX A6000 or RTX 5090

Recommended Systems for MIST Studio

HP Z8 Fury

CPU

Single Xeon W5-3435X or higher

Memory

256 GB

GPU

Minimum 2 NVIDIA RTX A6000 or RTX 5090
Supermicro AS-2115HV-TNRT

CPU

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX, 3.2G or higher

Memory

Minimum 256 GB

GPU

Minimum 2 x NVIDIA RTX 5090

2600W redundant power supply

Video Output capabilities

MIST is able to achieve different video output workflows, according to the different supported devices.

Output Workflows Recommended Device

Dual 4K 60p in SDI

- AJA Kona 5 (12G SDI)
- BMD Decklink 8K Pro or 8K Pro G2 (12G SDI)

4K 100p & 120p in SDI

- BMD Decklink 8K Pro or 8K Pro G2 (12G SDI)

Single 8K in SDI

- AJA Kona 5 (12G SDI)
- BMD Decklink 8K Pro (12G SDI)

Dolby Vision tuneling (HDMI)

- AJA Kona 5
- BMD Decklink 8K Pro G2