• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP Edit suite upgrade advice needed

  Posted by Yannis on August 22, 2006 at 4:27 pm

  Hello to everyone.
  I post this here because professional editors can help me.
  I have the following equipment:

  MAC
  G5 Dual 2.7Ghz
  20’Apple monitor
  4,5Gb RAM
  ATI 1800 256mb
  1TB External HD Storage
  Formac capture box
  21’CRT Sony TV
  SONY HVR M10U HDV deck
  Final Cut Pro,DVD Studio Pro 4,After Effects,Motion

  PC
  2 X Opteron 244
  Tyan S2895 mobo
  1Gb RAM
  GeForce 6600256mb
  500GB SATAII
  17′ Eizo M1700
  Avid Liquid,Maya 7

  What would be the next upgrade move you would make?
  If you were interested to work in this suite what else is important for you to have in?
  I’m only talking about projects in DV and HDV format,can’t afford BETA equipment..
  My first thought is the Blackmagic Decklink SD card.
  Thanks in advance..

  Yannis replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ben Holmes

  August 22, 2006 at 7:32 pm

  I can only speak for the Mac setup.

  You have everything you need for a DV/HDV setup. I would not bother upgrading for the moment. You do not need a Blackmagic card unless you are interested in inputting or outputting SDI to a Digibeta deck. If you work totally in DV you have no need for this – it will not make your system faster.

  If time is REALLY critical, then you could consider a new Intel Mac Pro, but you will need to change any cards you run in the system, and not all of your plug-ins will work. On the current builds of FCP, you will not see massive speed increases in renders from your current system. This may change with future, Intel optimised updates. Maybe.

  Ben

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  Yannis

  August 23, 2006 at 4:25 pm

  Thank you for taking the time to help,
  i live in Greece(Crete) and i’m trying to set an “attractive” suite for editors,mostly Greek for the moment,who want to combine holidays in the island and the chance to work a project too.Thats why i want to provide all the tools they could ask.

  Thanks again..

  Yannis

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