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Will the 2.53Ghz 9400m 7200rpm mbp run final cut pro well or not??

sensithreads

sensithreads

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Hi Guys

I'd really appreciate a bit of advice please. Long story short my Uni is buying me a mac. I've got to order it asap so can't wait any more for an update. They are putting £1150 towards it. I intend to use it for various things including running final cut pro.

What I want to know is will the 2.5Ghz model with only the 9400m graphics card and a 7200rpm hard drive run final cut pro well, or will I notice a hell of a lot of difference from the higher spec machines with the 9600m card and bigger processors?

I worked out that I would have to put in an extra £241 for the 2.8 or £136 for the 2.66, so it's not a great deal of difference, but I am not rich and I don't want to waste my money.

:confused:
 
Thanks. What I don't understand is it says NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics for the 2.53Ghz machine, then NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB, for the 2.66Ghz one and GT with 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB for the 2.8Ghz...

What is all this GT business and is it something I should be worrying about?

I don't have a lot of cash spare, but I'm wondering if the 9600 is gonna give me a lot better performance..
 
sensithreads said:
Thanks. What I don't understand is it says NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics for the 2.53Ghz machine, then NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB, for the 2.66Ghz one and GT with 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB for the 2.8Ghz...

What is all this GT business and is it something I should be worrying about?

I don't have a lot of cash spare, but I'm wondering if the 9600 is gonna give me a lot better performance..
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well your computer wont be using your graphics card for doing any video editing so getting a faster graphics card wont do any difference at all.
 
sensithreads said:
Hi Guys

I'd really appreciate a bit of advice please. Long story short my Uni is buying me a mac. I've got to order it asap so can't wait any more for an update. They are putting £1150 towards it. I intend to use it for various things including running final cut pro.

What I want to know is will the 2.5Ghz model with only the 9400m graphics card and a 7200rpm hard drive run final cut pro well, or will I notice a hell of a lot of difference from the higher spec machines with the 9600m card and bigger processors?

I worked out that I would have to put in an extra £241 for the 2.8 or £136 for the 2.66, so it's not a great deal of difference, but I am not rich and I don't want to waste my money.

:confused:
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FnuGk said:
well your computer wont be using your graphics card for doing any video editing so getting a faster graphics card wont do any difference at all.
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So what is the Graphics Card good for? Effects and Rendering? :confused:
 
FnuGk said:
well your computer wont be using your graphics card for doing any video editing so getting a faster graphics card wont do any difference at all.
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Absolutely false. (well, I guess it depends on what your definition of "video editing" is)


A 2.5Ghz processor with an Nvidia 9400M should be fine. Make sure you have plenty of RAM (and hard drive capacity), especially if you'll be working with HD video.
 
Well I really just don't know what to do. It will cost me an extra £245 getting the 2.8Ghz machine over the 2.53Ghz. For that extra money I get a seperate graphics card with 512 vram, twice as much cache and a marginally faster processor. I have also read that this machine will work better on a big display...

To me it seems like a fair expense, but I would obviously rather save the money...

I will be getting a 7200 rpm hd and antiglare watever.

Am I being foolish getting the 2.8Ghz?
 
sensithreads said:
Hi Guys

I'd really appreciate a bit of advice please. Long story short my Uni is buying me a mac. I've got to order it asap so can't wait any more for an update. They are putting £1150 towards it. I intend to use it for various things including running final cut pro.

What I want to know is will the 2.5Ghz model with only the 9400m graphics card and a 7200rpm hard drive run final cut pro well, or will I notice a hell of a lot of difference from the higher spec machines with the 9600m card and bigger processors?

I worked out that I would have to put in an extra £241 for the 2.8 or £136 for the 2.66, so it's not a great deal of difference, but I am not rich and I don't want to waste my money.

:confused:
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What about the full story? Why is your uni getting you a MBP? Are a PhD/PostDoc?
 
Dozerrox said:
You get a free mac at my uni if you have dyslexia for some unknown reason. Maybe it's that.
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Yeah, same at mine. A guy on my course got a free iMac with all the trimmings and then decided to quit after the first year but still gets to keep his iMac! Charming that is!
 
I've got a bad back :'-( and I'm studying to become a creative media teacher

so come on help me out, what should I get? 2.53Ghz/2.66Ghz/2.8Ghz?? :confused::confused::confused:
 
sensithreads said:
I've got a bad back :'-( and I'm studying to become a creative media teacher

so come on help me out, what should I get? 2.53Ghz/2.66Ghz/2.8Ghz?? :confused::confused::confused:
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Really, just get the fastest you can afford. If 2.8Ghz means eating Ramen for a month, then get the 2.53. :)
 
So what your saying is a dedicated graphics card is actually quite useful when using fcp.. Also I guess it might be nice to have the option to play games if i want so i suppose I do need the 2.66 or the 2.8... I still don't fully understand the cache and vram issues, but I think adding it all up I should just get the 2.8Ghz to be safe.

Thanks for your comments and advice.

:cool:
 
6-0 Prolene said:
Really, just get the fastest you can afford. If 2.8Ghz means eating Ramen for a month, then get the 2.53. :)
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i'm half way through my Ramen month after getting the 17", it's totally worth it. best part is, i have yet to turn on the better graphics card!!! but i have it!
 
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