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Ideal RAM for Motion 3?
by peter dunphy on Jun 30, 2009 at 3:24:33 pm

Hi Everyone,

I am on the verge of buying a Apple Mac Pro 2 x 2.66Ghz Nehalem (8 Core) and just want to be sure I have the ideal amount of RAM installed to ensure that Motion 3 runs like a dream.

However, having read the info in the below link I'm a bit confused and my intention to buy 12GB of RAM has been thrown into doubt in my mind. For the Apple Mac Pro 2 x 2.66Ghz Nehalem (8 Core) it looks like the optimum RAM level is 12GB Ram (6 x 2GB)?

It looks as if the processing times are shorter for 12GB than for 16GB, but am not entirely sure if this is the case. Here is the link:

http://www.barefeats.com/nehal04.html

I think I could probably stretch my budget to afford an extra 4 GB of RAM (to 18GB) if it helps Motion run 'smoother' without any freezes.

I am also buying a ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card.

With Motion I intend to do a lot of effects on sports footage for a promotional video (camera zooms, extreme slow-motion etc), similar to highlights of a soccer match you would see on television.

Any suggestions would be really appreciated - I'm really excited about what I might achieve in Motion.

Thanks in advance

Peter


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