I would like to use FCPX on my older MacPro, is this the way to do it?

T. Payton
February 14, 2012 at 5:42 am

Actually, my MacPro is older (2006) and running FCP X very well. The video card seems to be the most important factor.

I have a a MacPro 1,1. Radeon 5770 ($250 or so at the online Apple store), 13GB of Ram, running on a not to speedy 160MB/Sec eSATA RAID.

Just pick up a 5770, a bit of RAM and you’ll be good to go.

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque
Jeff Kirkland
February 14, 2012 at 7:32 pm

I’ll second that. I’m also running on a Mac Pro 1,1 with a Radeon 5770 card. I’ve only got 7gb of RAM but that hasn’t been an issue so far.

Jeff Kirkland | Southern Creative Media
video * audio * post * production
Melbourne, Australia
Shea a.j. Comfort
February 14, 2012 at 8:03 pm

Thanks for your replies, that is great to know!

Any thoughts on staying in Snow Leo OS or going to Leo for FCPX (I’d rather not, yet, to save money since everything works for me now…). But, if there is a reason to consider I am open to learning.

Again, thank you and I hope all is well,

~Shea
Arthur Dobbe
February 15, 2012 at 10:20 am

If you have a SDI card in your Mac Pro, you will need at least 10.7.2 to use it with FCP X. Other than that I think everything should work with 10.6.8 .
Shea a.j. Comfort
February 16, 2012 at 2:14 am

Thank you all for your help. It is appreciated.

~Shea A.J. Comfort

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