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Imac & Final Cut Questions

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VideoiMacChick

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Hello!

I have a question for all you Mac Pros out there. I'm looking to by the 24-inch 3.06GHz iMac with 4GB of RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, but I'm stuck on the graphic card. I'm going to be working with compressed HD video files and was wondering which of the two graphics card is better? The NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 or the ATI Radeon HD 4850? Also, does anyone know if Final Cut Studio will run on this model iMac or is Final Cut Express 4 the way to go?

Thanks!
 
Final Cut will run fine. You really don't even need the highest-end iMac to run it - a Mac Mini will run FCP without any trouble. And don't buy your RAM from Apple - you can find it much cheaper elsewhere.

As to graphics cards - FCP doesn't depend on the GPU, so buy whichever you like. A better card will make a difference when doing heavy 3D stuff in Motion, but not in Final Cut.
 
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