Is this system powerful enough?

[Mitchji]

[peter] “Does the 2.7 have PCI-X and 8 RAM slots as well?

Also, what graphic card would someone recomend at this point for top-of-the-line performance with FCP 5 and a Decklink HD plus card. With the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL taking up an extra PCI or PCI-X slot, will that severly limit my options for maximizing performace with Decklink and a SCSI or Fibre Channel card?

How different is the performance of the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL from the ATI Radeon 9650 w/256MB DDR SDRAM?

Or should I go for the ATI Radeon 9650 w/256MB DDR SDRAM from the apple store and replace it with a ATI 800X?
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Hi,

Yes the 2.7 has PCI-X and 8 RAM slots.

A summary of the various graphics cards is here:
https://www.barefeats.com/radx800.html

I would choose the ATI 800X over the GE6800 just because it doesn’t take an extra slot.

I don’t think that the GE6800 or ATI800X are going to make a big difference for FCP. For Motion they will make a big difference.

Best Wishes,

Mitch