What is The Best Computer to Run Final Cut Express??

[tipdrill407]

Unless you need the extra USB or firewire ports than just get an external firewire drive instead.

 

[michael-appleru]

since i have no space for programs can i install final cut express on an external hard drive???

 

[ravenvii]

would it just be better to buy The Newer Technology miniStack v2???


i would be getting the firewire and usb 80 or 160 GB model


For more information on the The Newer Technology miniStack v2 go to

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ministack/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer Technology/MS2F7080GB2/

It's not "better", it just looks nice.

 

[Lebowski]

The GPU has ABSOLUTELY NO impact on performance when it comes to video editing.

while it doesnt make encoding or editing any faster, it DOES allow for RT effects, and if you plan on using Motion ever, its a graphics hog.

 

[tipdrill407]

while it doesnt make encoding or editing any faster, it DOES allow for RT effects, and if you plan on using Motion ever, its a graphics hog.

This guy only wants to run final cut express


and for the other question about installing fce on an external drive. You must install final cut on your internal drive. You can capture and edit from an external drive. I believe i said this in an earlier post in this thread.

 

[michael-appleru]

so The Newer Technology miniStack v2 is just a fancy external hard drive?

 

[tipdrill407]

so The Newer Technology miniStack v2 is just a fancy external hard drive?

Yes

 

[michael-appleru]

Which Graphics Memory Would be good for editing with FCE???

ATI Radeon X1600/128MB VRAM
ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM

whats the difference

 

[michael-appleru]

Which Graphics Memory Would be good for editing with FCE???

ATI Radeon X1600/128MB VRAM
ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM

whats the difference

 

[tipdrill407]

Which Graphics Memory Would be good for editing with FCE???

ATI Radeon X1600/128MB VRAM
ATI Radeon X1600/256MB VRAM

whats the difference

It doesn't matter, I've said it twice in this thread. The Graphics Card has no impact on performance whatsoever when editing in final cut. This decision should be made on what other stuff you'll be doing. Will you be doing gaming or using other applications that require 3D rendering?