• Media 100

  RealTimeFX and graphic card on media 100

  Posted by Macmauro on October 25, 2005 at 12:56 am

  Hi
  I have media 100 lx-dv, version software 8.2.2, vincent 601
  on mac G4 1,25 dual, Mirrored Drive Doors
  1,5 GB ram
  and boris red 3,2

  I’m deciding to buy a RealTimeFX card
  here in Italy costs 1,750 euro
  a big price for which i need help to decide

  how much does it improve the rendering time?
  a rendering effect that now takes 45 min. by software
  how much it will take by RealTimeFX?
  Speedness is the only advantage?

  second card question :o)

  i have a graphic card Ati radeon 9000 pro with 64 mb ram
  not enought fast
  i desperately search a 128 mb at less
  AGP 4x card
  is hard to find
  the only i found are selled at high price and out of europe (300 dollars for Nvidia Geforce Ti)
  i can’t buy a PCI card if i need the relative slot for RealTimeFX card
  Ati is just now producing the Radeon 9600 pro Mac & PC version at 256 mb
  but it’s no tested for media 100, and is for me a risk

  Does someone have any suggestion?
  thanks

  Macmauro replied 20 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Floh Peters

  October 25, 2005 at 6:34 am

  [macmauro] “a rendering effect that now takes 45 min. by software how much it will take by RealTimeFX?”

  45 Minutes. The HDRFX/realtime effects board only does play back the “FastFX” in realtime. On the systems without the HDRFX board FastFX are only played back without fields, looking somewhat jittery. With the HDRFX board these effects can be played back with full resolution and both fields. But for processor-based effects (like Red or non-FastFX) there is no change in the rendering time.
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  Macmauro

  October 25, 2005 at 9:36 pm

  thank you for your answer
  this means i should pass to a software which doesn’t use cpu
  for apply effect? Does the new media 100 softwares-editing systems work so?
  In this way i could avoid waiting for hours to apply effects? Have you some suggestion?

  thanks
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  Floh Peters

  October 25, 2005 at 10:53 pm

  [macmauro] “In this way i could avoid waiting for hours to apply effects? Have you some suggestion?”

  It all depends on what you
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  Macmauro

  October 26, 2005 at 12:06 pm

  thanks, you was very clear

  the best part of effects i mean are in boris red hosted by media 100, is on these graphic clip that i spend a lot of time. Now, after your help, i can image to upgrade my media 100 i system to be compatible with G5 (buying a G5 at same time), or, in opposite way, think about passing to a sw or hd m100, in both case I have to inform about costs.

  Thanks a lot
  and at last:
  how much the graphic card (mine is ati radeon 9000 pro 64 mb) affects rendering time or preview of effects?

  M.

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