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 10 64 bit
Microsoft Windows 11 64 bit

Supported GPU

NVIDIA Geforce RTX 4000, RTX 6000, RTX 2080, RTX 2080ti
NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080, RTX 3080ti, RTX 3090, RTX 3090ti
NVIDIA Quadro P4000, P6000,
NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000, RTX A8000
NVIDIA Quadro (Ada) RTX 4000 RTX 6000, RTX 8000

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.

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

Bluefish44 Kronos, Bluefish444 Neutron,
AJA Kona 5, AJA Kona 4, Aja Corvid 88
BlackMagic DeckLink Studio 4K, Decklink 8K Pro

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

Minimum 64GB

GPU 1

1 NVIDIA RTX 4000

GPU 2

1 NVIDIA RTX 6000

Recommended Systems for MIST Studio

HP Z8

CPU

Dual CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6134 3,20Ghz processors or higher

Memory

Minimum 128GB

GPU 1

1 NVIDIA RTX 4000

GPU 2

1 NVIDIA RTX 6000
HP Z8 Fury

CPU

Single Xeon W5-3435X or higher

Memory

256GB

GPU

2 to 3 NVIDIA RTX A6000
Supermicro SYS-7049GP-TRT

CPU

Dual CPU Intel Xeon Gold 6134 3,20Ghz processors or higher

Memory

Minimum 128GB

GPU

Minimum 3 x NVIDIA RTX 3090

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)
- AJA Corvid 88 (3G SDI)
- Bluefish444 Kronos ēlektron
- BMD Decklink 8K Pro (12G SDI)

4K 100p & 120p in SDI

- BMD Decklink 8K Pro (12G SDI)

Simultaneous 1 x 4K 60p in SDI
and 1 x 4K 60p in HDMI 2.0
(including Dolby Vision tuneling)

- AJA Kona 5 (12G SDI)

Single 8K in SDI

- AJA Kona 5 (12G SDI)
- AJA Corvid 88 (3G SDI)
- Bluefish444 Kronos ēlektron
- BMD Decklink 8K Pro (12G SDI)

Video Over IP (SMPTE ST-2110)

- Bluefish444 Kronos optikós
- AJA Corvid 88 (3G SDI) + AJA IPT-10G2-SDI