• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  dual graphic cards and FCP 7

  Posted by Tiho Brahe on September 15, 2011 at 3:56 pm

  hello everybody,

  I have an “old” mac pro (Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 5 gm ram, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT) and I use FCP 7. It still works great for me just that I would like to move from 2 to 3 monitors and for that I need second graphic card.
  I know that was a problem before (https://discussions.apple.com/message/5680671?messageID=5680671#5680671) but I don’t know if apple fix it now.
  Does anybody know how it is these days? If it is possible, what graphic card should I look for?

  thanks

  Tiho Brahe replied 15 years ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
• 4 Replies

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  Steve Eisen

  September 15, 2011 at 7:13 pm

  Don’t do it. You will have problems.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Vice President
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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  Tiho Brahe

  September 15, 2011 at 7:39 pm

  so,
  still an issue that apple isn’t fixing.
  is it a same problem with FCP X?
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  Steve Eisen

  September 15, 2011 at 8:18 pm

  No need for 3 computer monitors.
  1 graphics card to 2 computer monitors.
  1 i/o card or bo box (Matrox, Blackmagic or AJA) to TV monitor.

  Steve Eisen
  Eisen Video Productions
  Vice President
  Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group
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  Tiho Brahe

  September 15, 2011 at 10:15 pm

  that’s great solution, but i have one problem with it (unfortunately)

  I would like to export 720p but with 24fps from FCP to my projector. it seams that decklink doesn’t support this format output 🙁 I still don’t know for aja or matrox.
  So, I was thinking to buy one more graphic card and export this format trough it…

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