[Johny Debel]

Hi All,

Well, you can congratulate me, I got the system and have set it up and have been using it for a week. Must say, although I didnt yet use it for serious editing, it is a joy to work on this machine, and that’s before having upgraded it (currently: 2gb RAM and 6600 card).

Now I’m planing the upgrade and would like once again to ask for your valuable input and guidance:

1. I have found a refurbished x1900gt for about 500$ (supposed to be the original ati for mac). On the other hand there are sellers on eBay who sell it for 200$ possibly less, BUT they sell a PC modded version, Anyone have any experience with modded versions, should I stay away from those?

2. Does anyone have experience with “we love macs”, they seem very organized and informative, but the prices in some cases are quite a shock. Any input on them? They seem to have all I need (GPU and RAM)

3. In case I find a 7800gt GPU or Quadro FX 4500 at a bargain, are these much worse than the x1900gt?

Thanks again for all the help

Johny

[Johny Debel]

Hey All,

Stumbled on this thread as I am looking into the subject, found this:

https://www.cineform.com/neoscene/requirements.php

It does the job, note it says INTEL MAC ONLY, Though at the bottom they say:

“For systems below the minimum hardware recommendations, performance may degrade, but software will continue to function”

I’m going to email cineform support, if this works it looks like a viable pro solution for avchd on g5’s.

BTW, looked at ROXIO’s site and couldn’t really get info on the AVCHD conversion. What is it’s output format?

Anyway I’ll keep looking…

[Johny Debel]

Walter, Thanks for the prompt response!

I’m still running things through, I’m going to make an offer for the equipment, I’ll offer 2800$ and see how it goes.

A couple more questions:

A little bit of repetition first:
Would I be MUCH better off with the newest 17” MacBook pro OR the newewst iMac 24” (both handle 8gb), I will loose the 30” display and have to invest a bit more, but if performace wise I’ll gain a lot…

Couple more things (If I go the quad g5 way):

1. Will I see any performance increase going all the way up to 16gb?

2. I assume getting regular DDR2 800 (pc6400),like OCZ will work on the g5 quad, correct?

3. will installing 2 * ATI x1900/256 cards make anything better on the quad g5

4. Does having the 6600 and an ATI x1900/256 help me in any way?

***Is there really no such thing as final cut studio 5.1?:
https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Final-Cut-Studio-VERSION/dp/B000BWZZ66

***And a general note, I have found this Forum time and again to contain great valuable info, I express my thanks to anyone involved

Thanks,

Johny Debel