Final Cut Pro on G5

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gaer42

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I am buying a G5 for the use of Final Cut Pro.... On the box it says that it requires an AGP card but the G5 I am buying has a PCI.....


Will this work on my G5?
 
Yes, it's PCI-Express and will work fine. You think Apples pro software doesn't work on Apple's pro machines?
 
I did not think that it would be a problem... but i have had a few people tell me to be careful and make sure that it is the most up to date version of the software as the normal Final Cut Pro 5 only supports AGP and the Power Mac G5 has the PCI which is only compatible with the newest version which is something like Final Cut Pro 5.234203490239 or what ever... I was just planning on getting the final cut studio pro set and going from there.
 
woog3150 said:
Yes, it's PCI-Express and will work fine. You think Apples pro software doesn't work on Apple's pro machines?
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actually it won't work
the version of FCP must be PCI ready, if the box states it needs AGP then you need a new version of FCP
when i did support i got at least 1 call a day from pissed customers about how they could
not run FCP because it kept saying they needed to upgrade there video card to AGP
when they just bought a brand new powermac
 
Why did the guy at the Macintosh store assure me that it runs.....

Also they had a floor modle of the G5 (quad) running with Final Cut on it?

Are the floor modles older versions of the g5?
 
gaer42 said:
Why did the guy at the Macintosh store assure me that it runs.....
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Because he is 100% correct!

Worst case you need to apply a software update from Apple to make it compatible after you install it.
 
ravendark said:
actually it won't work
the version of FCP must be PCI ready, if the box states it needs AGP then you need a new version of FCP
when i did support i got at least 1 call a day from pissed customers about how they could
not run FCP because it kept saying they needed to upgrade there video card to AGP
when they just bought a brand new powermac
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And you told them to downlaod the newest update from software update right? Because thats all they need to do.
This is a silly thread! Final cut pro will run on any mac with a g5
 
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