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RAM Question for FCP 5
I’m looking at purchasing a New – Dual 2.3GHz G5 2GB of RAM FCP 5.
Question:
What is the difference between the different types of RAM?
2G 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM –
4×512
2x1GB2G 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM –
4×512
2x1GBWhat is the difference between Non ECC and ECC? And out of the combinations listed, what is the best se-up for FCP 5 and what is the best RAM size distribution?
Thanks,
Jason -
5 Replies
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EEC RAM is slightly sower. You don’t need it for video.
For a thorough explanation, just google the RAM numbers. The descriptions are ever so boring.bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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I still need the most ideal configuration for FCP 5, based on the available choices:
G5 RAM Question:
2G 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM –
4×512
2x1GB2G 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM –
4×512
2x1GBThanks again,
Jason -
Go with the 1 Gb sticks. It gives much more room when you eventually want to fill the rest of the slots. (And one day you will, I promise!).
Go non ECC. Wether one is faster than the other is (acording to BareFeats.com) a latency issue. You can have faster and slover versions of both. But for non critical apps (which FCP is considered to be in comparison with a nuclear research app)non ECC is the way to go.
Gunleik
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Thank you sir! This site rocks!
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ECC ram will not run in a G5 tower. It is meant for servers and will run in the G5XServe.
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