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FCP5, RAM Graphics Card and general performance
having just upgraded to FCP 5 and Tiger with all the updates and a new Decklink Card….I have to say I’m a little dissapointed. performance was much snappier with 4.5, osx 10.3.7 and my cinewave. UI performance under tiger and FCP 5 feels quite ‘sticky’.
It seems to take an age to redraw the interface when you make a change and the spinning beach ball makes a short but annoying appearance every time i adjust a slider. Am i right in thinking that version 5 requires more RAM and a new Graphics card?
I currently have 2 GB of RAM and I note that many here talk about having upwards of 4GB in their macs now – will i notice much improvement if i bump mine up to 4 GB?. Also have the standard 9600 graphics card, will FCP gain anything from going to an ATI x800 XT for instance?
After the anticipation of doing the upgrade it’s pretty dissapointing to have wound up with worse performance than my previous rig. I flattened my mac to do this upgrade so it’s definetly not a achive and install issue.
any suggestions and solidarity appreciated 🙂
G5 DP 2.0
2.0G RAM
OS 10.4.2
QT 7.0.3
FCP 5.0.3
BMD Decklink Extreme -
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Did you do a completely clean install of Tiger before you ran the FCP 5 install disk? If not, do that before you spend any money… You don’t have to have FCP HD or earlier installed at all, just have it’s serial number handy.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Thanks Jerry,
It was a clean install from the ground up….how much actual RAM can version 5 access currently – I know the G5 has room for 8 GB but what can the final cut suite acutally use?
G5 DP 2.0
2.0G RAM
OS 10.4.2
QT 7.0.3
FCP 5.0.3
BMD Decklink Extreme -
It can use up to 4 gigs… but rarely needs that much. If you’re working in long form however, it will come into play… short form doesn’t require as much RAM.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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