Motion is SLOW…too slow for this rig

[Vincent Rice]

Dude, you clearly have a lot of anger about something. If you are looking for help then perhaps a more appropriate subject line might help instead of the implied criticism and whining that you came up with. If you are interested in a subject it is perhaps worth doing a little research on your own. Then you wouldn’t look such a putz.

[Beelaster]

Thank you so much for your informative reply. I was hoping you could expand on what you consider to be correct posting technique. If I am in error in spirit or execution then it behooves me to yield to greater minds and take my lessons humbly. The example you propose in your posted replies to this topic (which for others has proven to necessitate an easily expedited solution set) appears to be a combination of the pre-adolescent cognomen “Dude”, with the street-Teutonic epithet “putz”, seasoned with a little Darth Vader/Great and Powerful Oz: “Your expectations are unrealistic due to inexperience”. All the while-and pardon my effusiveness here-presented with a void of technical expertise which is remarkable considering that the original question posted (albeit delivered with a subject line inferior to the high water line of honor and intellectual rigor that you have naturally come to expect as an esteemed and learned contributor to this forum), was in fact a question that solicited a technical reply.

So. What began as an unadorned process question about a piece of software has become a deeper heuristic journey.

I eagerly await any reply. You don’t even have to answer me. Just call me names and pretend that you have knowledge you couldn’t possibly deign to consider sharing with such a commoner as myself. For me, it is enough to have consorted, however briefly, with a genius.

[Bob Bonniol]

Bravo ‘dude’ !!!! Great response ! I am DIEING !!!! LOL LOL LOL….

You are welcome around any Cow forum, any time Beelaster.

Regarding the importance of video cards, it’s my experience that Motion has some rigorous requirements to run at it’s best. You’ve got your bases covered with lots of ram and good processing, but a high end video card is key here. After upgrading the card on our dual 2Ghz with 8 gigs ram to the aforementioned Nvidia6800, we saw Motion performance take an enormous step forward.

2.0 also seems to run faster and smoother, but thats purely subjective, we haven’t benchmarked or anything.

Thanks for hanging in with a good sense of humor Beelaster !

Cheers,
Bob Bonniol

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[Beelaster]

Thanks for the laughs Bob…I welcome the same treatment if I ever begin to take myself too seriously here.

Re: the NVidia card…do you mean the Ultra w/ the fan? I’ll check it. Last I looked it was selling for about six Benjamins, which is heady, but sometimes if you want to land the big gigs you need a large…rod (?) Horrible metaphor, pardon that.

This suite has come a long way in a year. FWIW, the project rendered out ok at 8-bit uncompressed but I know that the present setup is being pushed as far as she can go graphically.

Thanks so much for your help!

G5 dual 2.0/5.5gig/sonnet allegro FW800 PCI/3X250 LaCie FW800 extreme/AJA Io/Horita BSG-50/DSR-45/DSR-11/M-Audio Delta 1010LT/JVC Hi-Res Ref Monitor/stock Radeon video card/Prod Suite/Logic 7.1