ew Mac Pro for FCP - should I do 8 cores or faster clock?

[yadmonkey]

I'm setting up a FCP station to replace a 2.3 GHz dial G5 and I'm wondering which would be better - an 8-core 2.26 GHz or a 4-core 2.93 GHz Mac Pro.

Right now the G5 is most likely to choke up when rendering/auto rendering within FCP.

Based on price and the trends in parallel processing, I'm guessing I should go with the 8-core, but that old-school MHz addict in me keeps second guessing. I'd appreciate any advice/insights!

 

[wheezy]

With Snow Leopard and hopefully a new FCS that's more Multi-core aware, I think you'd be shooting yourself for going quad core. Or pick up a 2008 2.8 8 core

 

[yadmonkey]

Thanks for the confirmation wheezy. I hope Grand Central is all it's cracked up to be. Give my love to George!