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Matt Burns · February 5th, 2006, 11:51 AM

hi to all im getting ready to buy a G5 quad and i know the more ram you have the better off you are. but will i see the differance beteen 2 and 4 gigs

thanks matt

Nick Weeks · February 5th, 2006, 02:17 PM

On a PC, I would say probably not, but with OSX on the mac, it can be a RAM hog sometimes. If you can afford it, I would recommend the 4GB, especially if you're going to be editing using FCP, Soundtrack and their titler program open all at once. ...but the 2GB would perform just as well. But yes, you are correct is saying the more the better

Boyd Ostroff · February 5th, 2006, 05:14 PM

I guess it depends on what you do. I have a dual 2.5 G5 and 2.5GB RAM, and things seem to work well. See the last paragraph of this post for how to determine if your system needs more RAM: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....73&postcount=8

Greg Boston · February 5th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Motion can do preview renders to ram so the more you have, the more complex sequences you can preview.

-gb-

February 5th, 2006, 11:51 AM	#1
Matt Burns New Boot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: costa mesa Posts: 20	more ram hi to all im getting ready to buy a G5 quad and i know the more ram you have the better off you are. but will i see the differance beteen 2 and 4 gigs thanks matt

February 5th, 2006, 02:17 PM	#2
Nick Weeks Major Player Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL USA Posts: 722	On a PC, I would say probably not, but with OSX on the mac, it can be a RAM hog sometimes. If you can afford it, I would recommend the 4GB, especially if you're going to be editing using FCP, Soundtrack and their titler program open all at once. ...but the 2GB would perform just as well. But yes, you are correct is saying the more the better

February 5th, 2006, 05:14 PM	#3
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	I guess it depends on what you do. I have a dual 2.5 G5 and 2.5GB RAM, and things seem to work well. See the last paragraph of this post for how to determine if your system needs more RAM: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showpost....73&postcount=8

February 5th, 2006, 05:27 PM	#4
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	Motion can do preview renders to ram so the more you have, the more complex sequences you can preview. -gb-