I'd like to know if adding RAM to my Mac Pro will greatly improve render and compression speed?
SD works fine. HD seems to sputter during playback in the timeline and takes forever to compress.
For example, a one minute video with minimal effects (just dissolves and fades) takes about 10 minutes to compress using Export to Quicktime (Medium quality).
I currently have a
Mac Pro Dual 2.66 mhz
7gb of 667mhz DDR2 FB-Dimm RAM
NVidea GeForce 7300 GT graphics card
I'm thinking of purchasing 2 4GB RAM sticks, which will bring the machine to 14gb.
Will that make much of an improvement?