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FCP5 and Memory usage
Hi All,
I am wondering if anyone knows if FCP5 will utilize fully the RAM you have installed on a given system, i.e. a Quad core with 10 gigs of RAM. I know that Avid Symphony Nitrus on Windows will only utilize 3 gigs of RAM. Thanks for your help in advance.
Gene Patrick
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Not on mine, its never used more than a gig. It will typically only use 100 to 120% of the processors. Rarely it will use more but can go up to 350%.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Quad 2.5 G5
OSX 10.4.X
Ram 4GB
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I think the maximum RAM that Final Cut can use is 4 GB. I’m not positive, it might be slightly less. (I know that version 4.5 could use 2.5 GB…I thought it went up since then but I’m not positive.)
Even though the G5 chip and Tiger are both 64-bit, Final Cut Pro does not yet take full advantage of that fact. So its RAM-usage is still capped.
BUT, that’s just Final Cut. If you want to have FCP, Photoshop, Motion, and all the iLife programs running at once then you’ll make use of a lot of RAM even if any single program isn’t taking up more than 1 or 2 GBs. So I could still see the use in having 4 to 6 GB of RAM. But 10? I don’t think a video editor on a single computer could get much use out of that yet.
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While FCP does not take full advantage of more than 4 gigs of RAM or even all 4 processors, the G5 quad really shines when running several things at once. I am particualarly happy at how well it runs FCP and Motion at the same time, especially if you have good graphics cards ( I went with the 7800 in the 16x slot and the 6600 in the 8x).
Chris Paul
POV
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