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Running Motion 2 on a Mirror Door G4
Hi Guys,
Just installed the new Final Cut Studio on my Mirror Door single 1 Ghz G4 with 1 Gig of RAM. I have a stock graphics card. Motion 2 is ghosted out on the install. I was mistakenly under the impression that I could still use Motion 2 but that I would not have all of the RT abilities (which is fine with me).
I could go more into debt buying a G5 (which I can afford later this fall). But what if I bought a good graphics card in the $300 range that would work now in my G4 and fill in later as a “better-than-stock” card for a G5? Would this work and which brand and model would you recommend? If the upgraded card wont transfer to the G5 later, then I would need to know that.
Thanks.
-Christopher Johnson
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8 Replies
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Have a peek at the Motion page at Apple.com for specific graphic card requirements. A G5 with one of the top graphics cards will work wonders.
Noah
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[Christopher S. Johnson] “have a stock graphics card.”
There is no “stock” graphics card shipped with a G4 that will run Motion. In fact, the only one available for a 4x AGP motherboard is the ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Edition.
I have Motion running on my Quicksilver 2002 dual 1.0 GHz with this video card.
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Right, I think I gathered that by my process last night. I guess I should be more specific and ask: will the ATI Radeon 9800 Mac Edition work in a new G5 as an acceptable 8x graphics card when I update my machine later this fall?
By the way, Apple lists a “9800 Pro” and a “9800 XT” as being compatable, but no “9800 Mac Edition”.
Thanks again guys. I’m just trying to learn the program right now, not do live graphics with Mr. Lucas over my shoulder.
– Christopher
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Thanks again guys. While it would still be helpful to know about the cross platform compatibility of the 9800 Mac Edition, I just found a Dual 2 ghz G5 with 2 gigs of RAM for $1600 on Craig’s List (yes, its the older 2 ghz). So I’m going to buy now. It looks like this has one of the minimum requirement cards for Motion, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (8X AGP). So I know it wont be spectacular performance, but at least I’m in the game.
Believe it or not, I’m most looking forward to just having nice ease-in/ease-outs on photo-moves — something Final Cut Pro is very, very poor at.
-Christopher Johnson (FCP user since 1.0)
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you will get better proformance with the 9800 128 MB card in a G4 then the 5200 in a G5
I am running a MDD dual 1.25 with the 9800 ‘Mac addition’when a card is listed on the Apple site it means, generally, all card in that model range so ALL 9800’s will work
you could also get a 9600 and modify it to work in the G4 and it will still be better then the 5200
DAVE at Movies Rock in Toronto
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That is interesting news, Dave. Do you think that would even be true on a SINGLE 1Ghz G4? But you know, the G5 was a good deal for $1600 and it supports the new HD cards too. I’ll get a better graphics card later.
Still, it would have been interesting to know if that 9800 in the G4 would be transferable to the G5. Are they different versions?
-Christopher
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yes the 9800 128 MB card will work in the G5
many of the early releases of them came with that cardDAVE at Movies Rock in Toronto
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[David Slater] “yes the 9800 128 MB card will work in the G5
many of the early releases of them came with that card “Actually, I don’t believe this is true. The old 9600 card from my G5 will not fit in a dual mirror door G4… the small tab next to all the gold pins is in a different spot on the the G5 than it is in the G4…
Mitch Ives
Insight Productions Corp.
mitch@insightproductions.com
http://www.insightproductions.com
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