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    Final Cut Pro on the 9400m, how's the performance?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Deathwinger, Jul 6, 2009.

  1. Deathwinger

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    Anyone ever used Final Cut Pro on a 9400m? If so, how is the performance on editing HDV content? Sluggish or works just as well as the higher end solution, the 9600m?

    Just want to know cause I'm getting a rig with a Ati Radeon HD 3450 by default and I figured it was in league with this card. Just wanted to know how the lower end cards were performing in the editing programs.
     
    Deathwinger, Jul 6, 2009
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    What's the point of your post? Are you just trolling?

    Anyway, to answer your question the 9400m is fine for FCP but would obviously be slower with Motion.

    The 3450 and 3000 Radeon cards are not Mac compatible, so if you're planning to Hackintosh, then don't bother.
     
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    search for comparable software from Adobe, Avid, or Sony (all three companies have video editing software) for your windows machine.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 6, 2009
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    @applebook

    I think the OP was just wondering how the 9400 compared to the 3450.

    No need to hate
     
    jackpfree, Jul 7, 2009
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    Yes, that was exactly what I wanted to know. And besides the flare of anger, thank you for the answer applebook.

    Also, I was not planning to Hackintosh, I was going to use Premiere Pro CS4 for my needs.

    I just needed to know how a low end card handled HD editing and every windows person I know normally has an extremely high performance card or an integrated solution, so I could not rate from this.
     
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    Well it would be slow obviously, similar to integrated because it is integrated. Probably close to desktop integrated. It will cut it tho.
     
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    For adobe CS4 or Final Cut, the performance will be severely limited by the processor. Editing HDV videos mostly relies on CPU decoding and the GPU takes almost no part in decoding. Unless you have special plugins such as "badaboom" or something which utilize CUDA api or ati version of GPU processing API, the difference in GPU performance is unlikely to make a difference.
     
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    Cool then. I should be getting this desktop next week. Thanks for all the responses.

    I'll be getting an i7 920 with the desktop, so that should provide enough power for the editing. If the graphics card needs upgrading I guess that can just be easily changed. But from initial reports, it seems that it will do fairly well with HD and HDV content.
     
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    I agree GPU has very little to do with FCP or CS4 as far as editing or rendering. Its the presentation part where you want the best GPU, you can see any flaws in color or texture.

    FCP and CS4 both use open GL and the 9400 although a low end compared to the Nvida Quadro line can handle it on the cheap. The 9600 is the same, it is just for quick viewing before moving upward, meaning you xfer the project to a Mac that has the high end cards to verify eveything is ready for release.

    As far as CPU to give you and idea of power, my MB cpu can do a majority of FC projects using just FCPX, which I transfer to a FCP Mac. So the I7 will just eat it up without a glitch.
     
    Soloman, Jul 8, 2009
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