Advice on upgrding to G5

[Guardian_Media]

Hi

I'm about to get a quote for a 2G Dual G5 and I just want to get some advice so I don't end up with the wrong system or have to expand it. This will ONLY be used for FCP4. DVDSP 2 will be on the G4 - networked to the G5

I figure 4GB RAM should be HEAPS yeah?

Should I choose a specific display card (size)?

I want to use my studio display from the G4 but I want to also have the G5 dual monitor. Does the second display card need to be anything specific.

Does partitioning the 250G drive work well (I currently use 3 drives 1-system 1-capture & 1-render)?

Panther on the G5 yeah? Will this network with Jaguar on the G4?

Going from the G4-733 (1GB RAM) to G5-DP2GB (4GB RAM) is this likely to decrease render times tenfold? More? Less?

Sorry all these questions have probably been answered before but I'm tired and I want to go to bed.

Anything else I should concider?

Thanks HEAPS /2pop/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[David]

4 megs should be sufficient. Use 512 mb chips; they're cheaper.

You only have two choice: Radeon 9600 or 9800. Either will work; the second is more expensive.

The radeons support dual displays: one ADC and one DVI connector.

Never capture to an internal boot drive. Buy a second SATA drive and use it as a media drive.

Panther will network with just about anything.

You won't get a tenfold increase in render times, but using FCP 4.1 with Panther on a dual processor will do many things real time.

[GuardianMedia2]

Thanks for the help /2pop/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Never capture to an internal boot drive. Buy a second SATA drive and use it as a media drive.

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Is using a separate partition from the internal boot drive OK for rendering?

[David]

It might be okay, but it isn't preferred.

Your asking the hard drive to perform two operations.

SATA 120 Gb drives are pretty inexpensive, especially compared for the heartache you avoid.

Get a second drive, and you won't regret it.

[renoski]

don't buy your memory from apple. check out memory4less or applemart. 1 GB (2x512) should run about $175. also, get an extra internal drive (see pricegrabber) for a 160GB (or 250GB) SATA drive.

i have a dual g5 with fcp4.1--it rocks and 4.1 is partially G5 optimized (i.e. compiled under gcc3.3).

[renoski]

sorry, you are in Australia. find a local reseller for the RAM. with the Aussie dollar doing well against the greenback, you'll save 30% from 1 year ago.

best

i lived in sydney--awesome