ATI X800 XT or another 2GB of RAM

[Graeme Nattress]

Go for the X800. 4GB of RAM is enough.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP

[Steve To]

Thanks Graeme! one thing was to possibly speed up the rendering/performance of your superb film filters (when i get the mac it’ll be one of the first thing i purchase!) 🙂

BTW, what kind of performance can i expect for rendering for a basic film look? I guess RT will be out of the question? Can i get RT preview? Going to be buying a Dual 2.5 G5, 4gb ram, X800….

thanks

Anyone else agree/disagree with Graeme?!

Steve

[Uwe Klimmeck]

Disagree with God ? Never ever 🙂

FC Studio / DLpro / SDconnect / Dual 2.7 / Dual 1.4 / Dual iPod / http://www.fcpmunich.com

[Mitchji]

Hi,

If you are planning to get the RAM from Apple just buy the mimimum from Apple then get the additional RAM from Crucial.com. That should save you enough that you can do both.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Graeme Nattress]

Only thing that helps my filters is a fast and hard drive!! They render at about 5:1 here on a dual 2Ghz, down to 10:1 for a really complex effect. That’s still many times faster than the “competition” though 🙂 The Standards Conversion is 35 times faster than it’s competition…..

You don’t really get much RT, becuase FCP is not built that way with plugins that manipulate time. Some of the plugins in the set will run pretty good though!

And with the X800, get a copy of Doom3 – great fun when you’re not editing.

Graeme

– http://www.nattress.com – Film Effects for FCP

[Samuel Frazier]

The other place I’ve read to get RAM is from http://www.4allmemory.com. Very cheap prices, but I can’t speak for their service, quality, etc. Also, they only seem to sell PC3200 RAM, not PC4000. Not sure what kind of performance difference this will make though.

[Steve To]

Thanks all 🙂

My local reseller (Edinburgh, UK) installs Hynix RAM PC3200, although i may spend the extra 20 pounds per chip to get Kingston RAM – is it worth it? The reseller swears by Hynix tho – lifetime warranty apparently?

Sorted then! 4GB and a shiny X800 XT it is!!

thanks all

Steve

[Walter Biscardi]

[Steve DSV] “Sorted then! 4GB and a shiny X800 XT it is!!”

Just pay close attention to the fact that One Port is DVI and the other is ADC. Kind of annoying actually that a brand new card would feature an ADC slot. Luckily I still have a few in the shop, but since all of Apple’s new displays are DVI, you would think that a new Mac based Graphics card would be dual DVI.

Oh well, the card is fast and snappy with Final Cut Pro 5.0 so far (only been playing for about 2 hours).

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Creative Genius, Biscardi Creative Media
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now in Production, “The Rough Cut,” https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Mitchji]

[Steve DSV] “ps – just going to be running one 23” Cinema HD for now.
“

Hi,

Consider a Dell 24″ instead of the Apple 23″. (There are also great deals available on the Dell 20″ widescreen and smaller sizes too).

Here is a review:
https://www.barefeats.com/lcd.html

Here is a recent dealmac price:
https://dealmac.com/deals/Dell-Ultra-Sharp-2405-FPW-24-Widescreen-LCD-display-for-899-shipped/89308.html
The Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24″ Widescreen LCD Monitor costs $1,199 with free shipping at Dell Home. Coupon code “$?JSFR8X2349BV” drops the price to $899.25. That’s tied for the lowest total price we’ve seen for this particular display. Features include a native resolution of 1920×1200, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 12ms response time, 16:10 aspect ratio, picture-in-picture, integrated 4-port USB 2.0 hub and flash card reader, and VGA, DVI-D, S-video, composite, and component video inputs. Coupon ends June 18 at 7 am ET or after 500 uses.

Here are some places to check for coupons/discounts:

Dealmac – todays listings
https://www.dealmac.com/

Dealmac archive:
https://dealmac.com/sections/displays-TVs.html

https://www.techbargains.com/dellcoupons.cfm

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Joslyn]

agree w/ mitch! i just purchased 3 of the 2405fpw and can’t wait to set it up! if anyone is interested, i’m setting up a deal w/ my contact for this monitor for $801 w/ free shipping(tax and environmental fee where applicable). compare this to apple’s 23″ cinema display for $1499! dell normally sells this for $1199 and at times $899 w/ codes.

if the 2405 is too large or you just don’t need that high of rez i can set up a deal for the 20.1″ 2005fpw widescreen monitor for $400 w/ free shipping(tax and environmental fee where applicable).

if interested, email me at gntlemanj@aol.com. if i don’t get back to you soon, that means i’m offline but i’ll get back to you soon. these are awesome deals for these nice monitors and hard to pass at this price!