Memory Needed?

[tylerr]

How much memory should I have in my shiny new G5's to run Catalyst comfortably?

[samsc]

Mike was supposed to have started doing some tests.

Ill try and get him to report here.

I only use 512MB in my development machine.

Hard disc speed is the main performance determinant.

[mdc1138]

How much memory should I have in my shiny new G5's to run Catalyst comfortably?

Plus you shouldn't be running any other apps simultaneously with Catalyst.

The stock 512 MB is fine.

Enjoy your shiny new toy.

Also, to get that last bit of oomph, go into Energy Saver, under Options, turn Processor Performance to Highest instead of the default Automatic. Buys you an extra few percent of hosspower.

-mike

[samsc]

i already posted on how to set the performance in the energy saver,

http://chaldee1.gotadsl.co.uk/~richa...read.php?t=112

[tylerr]

So if 512 of ram is enough are the stock Serial drives fast enough? I was going to add a second drive for content perhaps a MAXTOR 250GB SER ATA 7.2K 8MB SATA

Sound good?

Tyler

[samsc]

no.

you must get a sata raptor drive or go scsi.
no 7200 rpm drives are good enough or fast enough to playback more than 2 layers at 30fps.

http://chaldee1.gotadsl.co.uk/~richa...ghlight=raptor

[tylerr]

So if i need 10,000 RPM drives I can only get a 74 GB drive. Can I put an internal SCSI drive inside a G5 or will it need to be external? We currently have over 100 GB of stock material we keep on our catalysts.

Tyler

[samsc]

Enjoy your shiny new toy.

tyler isnt a new user.