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  • Posted by John Nelson on October 10, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    I’m using another computer; G5, dual 2ghz, 2gb with FCS 2. Probably have a setting incorrect but making changes in the project [ moving jpgs, rendering, etc. are very, very slow. Activity monitor sez it’s going full bore but something must be wrong. My other G5, quad 2.33ghz, 4gb doesn’t choke up like that. Granted, it’s got more bore, but this one shouldn’t take that long [minutes], should it?

    Thanks,
    John

    Joe Procopio replied 18 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 9 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    October 10, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    Another 2 Gigs of RAM in the G5 would probably help.

  • John Nelson

    October 10, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Thanks but I’m not signing the checks on that one. Anything else I could try? It’s not a big project; 4, 30’s with some footage, jpg’s, vo and music…

  • Jeremy Garchow

    October 10, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    Did the project originate with FCP6?

    What kind of drives do you have?

    What format are you working in?

    It’s kind of hard to tell you as FCP generally runs a lot faster with at least 4GBs of RAM.

    Jeremy

  • John Nelson

    October 10, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    Yes, it’s in 6. Internal drive is Maxtor 150, external is Medea 350. Maxtor is just over half full, Medea nowhere close. format is 740x x486

    It’s now been rendering for over a half hour and is only at 80% for 4 spots.

  • Jeremy Garchow

    October 10, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    UNcompressed SD on a SIngle SATA? That might be what’s slowing you down.

    Jeremy

  • Joe Procopio

    October 10, 2007 at 6:19 pm

    is your processor performance set to highest in your energy saver settings under options??

    I know silly question

  • John Nelson

    October 10, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    All the uncompressed sd is going on the medea raid with 350gb.

  • John Nelson

    October 10, 2007 at 7:19 pm

    It was set to automatic. Just changed it. Thanks. I’ll check it out and let you know…

  • Joe Procopio

    October 11, 2007 at 10:50 am

    hope that helps a bit, but adding some more ram will also be beneficial…as has been said before! good luck!

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