• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  iMac G5 vs Dual G4 Quicksilver

  Posted by Chris Cleaver on August 23, 2005 at 10:16 pm

  We just got a new 20″ iMac G5 and we were wondering which would be a better performer for FCP 5.

  Here are the specs for the two systems:

  20″ iMac G5, 2.0GHz
  2GB RAM
  400GB SATA

  Dual 1.0GHz G4 Quicksilver
  1.5GB RAM
  2 X 160GB internal ATA Drives

  Outside more expansion capabilities with the G4 Quicksilver, will you have better performance using the Dual G4 or G5. We are only doing DV (Canon GL1 and Sony DCR-HC1000) with no plans to go beyond that for a while.

  Thanks,

  Chris

  Chris Cleaver replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  John Foley

  August 23, 2005 at 10:43 pm

  My guess would be the iMac except for lack of expandability compared to the G4 dual 1.0 GHz.

  FCP really likes dual procesors, but the G5 at twice the clock speed would seem to be a faster machine that 2×1.0 G4 processors.

  I do have a Quicksilver dual 1.0 Ghz G4 and run FC Studio and other softwares on it. It also has an internal RAID 0 setup with 2-250 GB SATA drives.
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  Bret Williams

  August 24, 2005 at 12:47 am

  A dual G4 1ghz is about the same as a 1.5ghz G4. A single 1ghz G5 would probably compete with that, but you’re talking 2ghz G5. I’d say it’s probably twice as fast. it also has a faster bus, sata drives, faster ram, etc. The quicksilver isn’t even the fastest dual 1ghz g4. The next version with mirrored drive door has a faster ram bus.
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  Chris Cleaver

  August 24, 2005 at 11:08 am

  Thanks for the input. This will help us configure the “right” computer.

  Chris

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