The connection between rendering and graphic card.

[Joe Paolo]

A better video card will help with program responsiveness in Motion especially and maybe somewhat in FCP. Rendering is all CPU AFAIK.

joe

[Arnljot Bringedal]

Thanks Joe!

I kinda figured that the guys at Apple store wanted to sell me more than I needed:-)

*** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***

[David Roth weiss]

Keep in mind, things will change soon (hopefully) when FCP becomes 64-bit and utilizes the full potential of GPU-accelerated plug-ins based on the FxPlug architecture.

DRW

[Peter Wiggins]

Things have already changed as pointed out, FxPlug plugins use the graphics card to render.
So for those, the beefier the card, the faster the render.

Peter

[David Roth weiss]

And Peter, if I’m right, this will become very much more important when fully exploited in the 64-bit version due from Apple in the ___ quarter, of 200_.

DRW

[Joe Paolo]

SO.. the graphic processor is used when rendering FxPlug plugins?

joe

joe

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“The standard graphic card – is it good enough for normal work?”

That depend what you YOU concider “normal work”

[Rafael Amador]

You say that your using MagicBullet Editor. In that case I’ll rather install in my Mac a Nvidia instead of a ATI. The peopleo of MB say that with NVidia MB effects render faster than with the ATI.
Salud,
Rafael

[Arnljot Bringedal]

What I consider normal work?

I think I stated that in my original post.

Normal cutting – with minimal rendering.

The “only” rendering I do today , is when I colorgrade with MB editors.

😉

Becker

*** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***

[Arnljot Bringedal]

Really?

Wow – thanks – i did not know that!

As glad as I am for being given an answer – it leaves me also somewhat more puzzled….

Some say rendering ( with current FCP version ) is CPU only – others say the Graphic card matters.

So what is it? CPU? Graphic card? Both? Anyone care to settle this once and for all?

Regards

BEcker

*** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***