• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  RAM Question for FCP 5

  Posted by Hopperhd on December 29, 2005 at 10:12 pm

  I’m looking at purchasing a New – Dual 2.3GHz G5 2GB of RAM FCP 5.

  Question:

  What is the difference between the different types of RAM?

  2G 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM –
  4×512
  2x1GB

  2G 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM –
  4×512
  2x1GB

  What is the difference between Non ECC and ECC? And out of the combinations listed, what is the best se-up for FCP 5 and what is the best RAM size distribution?

  Thanks,
  Jason

  Francois Stark replied 20 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
• 5 Replies

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  David Bogie

  December 29, 2005 at 11:18 pm

  EEC RAM is slightly sower. You don’t need it for video.
  For a thorough explanation, just google the RAM numbers. The descriptions are ever so boring.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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  Hopperhd

  December 30, 2005 at 12:21 am

  I still need the most ideal configuration for FCP 5, based on the available choices:

  G5 RAM Question:

  2G 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM –
  4×512
  2x1GB

  2G 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM –
  4×512
  2x1GB

  Thanks again,
  Jason
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  Gunleik Groven

  December 30, 2005 at 7:12 am

  Go with the 1 Gb sticks. It gives much more room when you eventually want to fill the rest of the slots. (And one day you will, I promise!).

  Go non ECC. Wether one is faster than the other is (acording to BareFeats.com) a latency issue. You can have faster and slover versions of both. But for non critical apps (which FCP is considered to be in comparison with a nuclear research app)non ECC is the way to go.

  Gunleik
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  Hopperhd

  December 30, 2005 at 7:39 am

  Thank you sir! This site rocks!
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  Francois Stark

  December 30, 2005 at 8:13 am

  ECC ram will not run in a G5 tower. It is meant for servers and will run in the G5XServe.

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