FCP and video cards

[powerdog]

The more I look at video cards for my G5, the more confused I get.

I thought there wouldn't be much difference, as far as Final Cut is concerned, in upgrading from my stock FX5200 (1.8DP/AGP). Then I saw on Apple's specs page that my card meets minimum requirements, but a better card -- like the ATI x800 XT -- is recommended.

Is this true only because Motion is part of FC Studio, or does it apply to any of the other bundled apps?

 

[Ming]

I'm not sure either.. I know motion is indeed GPU instensive and that an x800xt wil give you an enormous boost in that application, but not sure what the dealio is with FCP. I upgraded to the x800xt and never thought about it beyond that. Aperture is another one that will see significant performance increases from a better GPU. That app is waaaay faster now, like 3x or more and I'm liking it. I've got a G5 dual 2.0 with 4gb ram. If anyone wants to donate a dual-core 3.0 xeon Mac Pro to my editing suite I'll be happy to name one of my children after you. "Oh btw your new name is Michael. But daddy- Now, Michael do we need to have this argument again. What is it now daddy.. another camera?"

 

[bbalser]

FCP is slowly using GPU more and more. It's mostly for Motion, but FCP is psudeo-GPU intensive now, also, and will be as greedy as Motion by v.6.

So I give you a computer and your kid gets a name change to "Hey, bra!"?