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Why is Motion 5 running on my iMac radeon 2600?
Hi there
I feel sort of “lucky” and puzzled at the same time, but I totally don’t understand why. Let me explain.
The requirements for FCP X, Motion 5 etc are: OpenCL compatible card.
I have an iMac from 2008 with an ATI Radeon HD2600, so not compatible. Furthermore, I read everywhere that MacPro users with the same card as I have could not download the app, the AppStore doesn’t let them do it.
In my case, not only I could download the app (Motion 5), but it seems to run perfectly! I haven’t had time to try all the features yet (I’m like many people here I can’t do much if I can’t import previous projects), but what I have tried does work.
I have found on the web other people with the same iMac as I have who report the same: https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=12802637#post12802637
If somebody can explain it to me…
Thanks for your answers!Emmanuel Tenenbaum
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2 Replies
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perhaps a different firmware revision on the card?
try running some openCL diagnostics (google it) and test.
maybe it is compliant on the bios/firmware the imac video card has. -
Hi Chris
Thanks for your answer! I did run a test and I confirm my card does NOT support OpenCL.
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Emmanuel Tenenbaum
https://emmanueltenenbaum.com
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