How Much RAM Do You Need for Final Cut Pro?

[Benny]

Me and some people are about to make 2 DVDs for my student union. One will be an account of a skiing holiday with 500 people (about 45 mins) and the other will be a feature length film about a 2 week long party (90 mins?)

I have an eMac (800MHz), 300 GB hard drive, but only 384 MB RAM

Is that enough RAM?

I'm not going to use any great special effect, just transitions etc.

 

[Digigenic]

Typically, you'll find most editing systems equipped with at least 1 Gig of RAM. With a 32 bit processor you can't exceed 4 Gigs. G5's can cram up to 8 Gigs of RAM.
If you can, I suggest boosting the RAM, and making sure you have enough hard drive space. Your processor should be fine, but your RAM most certainly needs to be expanded.

 

[Benny]

Thanks!

 

[cintellect]

As Digigenic pointed out...you really need more ram...especially if you are using an 800mhz single processor system. If you can't do 1 gig...at least shoot for 512 or 768. You will most certainly notice a performance increase.