FCP upgrade??

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RickD

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I’m about to embark on a new video project and I haven’t upgraded my FCP edit system in a couple of years. At this point in time I’d rather not spend money needlessly but am certainly willing to if it means a much better final edited production. My production involves shooting green screen in a controlled environment (either our studio or location office boardrooms/offices). The framing will generally be a single medium shot of one person – interview style.

My system consists of:
Mac OS X version 10.4.7
Processor Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5
Memory 1 GB DDR SDRAM
Media storage: 600 GB Huge System Media Vault plus
2 internal drives of 160 GB and 250 GB.
Final Cut Pro Version 5.1.2

I will be shooting using a Panasonic DVX100B and studio lights.

Do I need an upgrade in the edit system to do this well and if so what specifically would you recommend.

Many thanks for your input.
 
MAYBE some more Ram, but i used a 1.8ghz power mac with 1.5gbs of ram and edited footage from my HD XH-A1 fine..you shouldn't have a problem.
 
I'm with everyone else. Install more memory and you'll be fine. I've got 4GB in my G5 tower and it even edits DVCPROHD quite nicely (though, a bit slow on renders sometimes)
 
I edit DVCPRO HD on the same system just fine. I have more RAM and FCP 6. The Octo macpro would speed things up, But They are expensive.
 
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