• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Upgrading my MacPro

  Posted by Kevin Morton on December 11, 2008 at 2:23 pm

  I want to upgrade my MacPro to perform faster. Here are the specs of my current setup:

  Processor 065-7536 Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
  Memory 065-7175 2GB (2x1GB) + 2x2gb TOTAL RAM= 6gb
  Graphics Card 065-7182 ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
  Hard Drive Bay1 065-7189 320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
  HD Bay 2 1TB 7200RPM

  My current thoughts are upgrading the RAM to 10gb and upgrading my Graphics card to the Radeon 3870 graphics card. Thoughts on upgrades?

  Thanks!

  Kevin

  Kevin Morton replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Marlow

  December 11, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  Not sure more Ram will help. Depending on what apps your using i dont think the extra will be used. I think compressor for example benefits from a gb or ram per core, so you’re more than stocked up. Motion or AE may benefit a little from more. The graphics card update may benefit Motion or AE, but i’m not sure its qualified for Color. One thought might be to fit another internal Hard drive or 2 and Raid them together, that always a relatively cheap way to increase performance.

  And the main thing i recomend is not to do any of your upgraqding via the Apple store, the mark up on prices is ludicrous.
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  Kevin Morton

  December 12, 2008 at 2:01 pm

  Thanks for the input Dan. I ended up ordering a couple more gigs of RAM and a matching 1TB drive to RAID.

  Kevin

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