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Make it faster!
First off, I am not very tech savvy, have only been working with computers about 5 years & only 1.5 with macs.
Machine Specs:
2008 Mac Pro 2.8, 8 core | 18gb DDR2 FB ram |
Graphics: 1) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT | 2) NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
3 22′ displays.
2 1-tb HDs (non solid state)FCPX 10.0.5
Project: working with 2 camera angles & 3 audio tracks, total time on timeline is always close to 60 min per project.
Utilizing a lot of Kens Burns and color adjustments and having to wait for render to complete as playback stutters while rendering.
I am open to any and all suggestions to make this machine (or project in general) work faster..
Typical project:
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You need to use proxies or if you are working in original quality you need to set playback to better performance.
I would turn background rendering off.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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Welcome aboard. 😉
Unfortunately the Radeon 2600XT is not qualified for FCPX. FCPX requires a qualified GPU or it will not just be sluggish but glacial in it’s performance (or lack there of).
The NVIDIA card is qualified, but no speed demon.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4664?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
To top it off, two GPUs are currently not supported in FCPX, so I’m pretty sure FCPX is using the 2600 only.
If you can remove the 2600xt and see if performance improves. If not you need a new GPU.
This Radeon 5770 is very good:
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We are working with original quality, however, we use clip wrap to make the original media .mov files, then re-name the .mov’s to orginize them a bit, then import to FCPX – I did double check and playback is set to better performance (as opposed to ‘high quality’)
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In addition to the proxy and GPU change suggestions, I would also update to 10.0.8. There were a lot of good changes after 10.0.6 and performance was high on the list.
To the GPU update, I’ve updated all of our Mac Pro systems (4,1 and 5,1) to YoyoMarv’s Mac-EFI burned Quadro 4800. Unbelievable price for excellent performance in FCP X (also works well with PP CS6 and CC when the Cuda drivers are installed). Every unit that we ordered has arrived in good condition and worked out of the box. He includes the power leads.
Check this link – NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 1.8 GB Video Card Mac Pro 2008-11/Cinema 30″/FCPX/Lion
Tim
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CTO – TOLIS Group, Inc.
https://www.productionbackup.com
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Thank you,
I am afraid of updating from 5 as we once updated a while back, and it totally goofed up all are projects, events and unlinked stuff all over the place. Hence, we now normally finish a production run, all videos and then back them up, and finally update. (which normally takes a few months)
I am looking into the 5770 & the 4800 now. I actually have two of these machines, so am going to try to get a discount on getting 2 cards.
Quick question, having the program on a solid state drive would not do a lot performance wise?
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An SSD will make it much faster.
I would still recommend working in proxy mode even after improving your set-up. The only thing you can’t see in Proxy is alpha channel, but editing speed will improve a lot.
“Always look on the bright side of life” – Monty Python
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I would update to 10.0.9.
Ive update almost every time with over 50 projects to date and still no problems.
Only issues I have are missing volumes.
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Hate sound like such a newb, but what are ‘volumes’ in relation to FCPX?
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[Clayton Brown] “Hate sound like such a newb, but what are ‘volumes’ in relation to FCPX?”
A mounted volume is anything like external drive, internal primary/secondary drive, network drive etc…
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When you have had this issue, is it as simple to fix as re-linking the volume/drive?
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