Matrox RTMac, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 1, Introducing Matrox RTMac
Hardware supplied
System requirements
Matrox RTMac requires the following minimum system configuration:
• Single or multi-processor Power Mac G4 with AGP motherboard.
• 400-MHz PowerPC G4 processor.
• 384 MB RAM.
• One free PCI slot.
• CD-ROM drive for software installation.
• Mac OS X 10.2.6 or later.
• Final Cut Pro 3 or later.
• QuickTime version 6.3 or later.
• Fast EIDE/Ultra ATA or SCSI disk drives —must be able to sustain two
25-megabit/second streams.
The Matrox RTMac software detects the capabilities of your computer, and enables more
realtime features on a faster system. To take full advantage of realtime editing on Matrox
RTMac, use the following
recommended system configuration:
• 667-MHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor.
• 512 MB RAM.
• Greater than 1 MB combined L2 and L3 cache (per processor) .
• 133-MHz or faster system bus.
For information on the realtime capabilities of minimum and recommended systems, see
“Realtime editing using Matrox RTMac” on page 21 .
Check our web site for more information
For up-to-date information about your Matrox RTMac system, including updated drivers,
you can check our web site at
www.matrox.com/videoweb/support .
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