Final Cut Pro X freezing on top spec new 27" iMac, help!

I'm a student so it's a great deal.

But it won't be after you're a student and first update hits.

Tom Wolsky wrote:

I can't imagine how that could be affected by a video driver bug, since there's no active UI involved.

The GPU is used in rendering however.

Well now, then that would make sense. How did you learn the GPU is involved in rendering? I'm not doubting you, by the way - just wondering.

Dan

Somewhere in the manual near the beginning.

Thanks! I used to always read manuals cover to cover, and I've gotten out of the habit. I just downloaded the manual to my iPad, and I'll start reading.

Thanks for reminding me!

Dan

FYI.

http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/all-features/

http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/adobe-premiere-cs6-vs-apple-final-cut-pro -x-speed-test/

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/954-10-0-6-brings-a-3200-speed-increase-whe n-rendering-effects-on-a-final-cut-pro-x-timeline

Russ

I have the Imac w/GTX 680MX, i7 on order, and now I'm worried!

I bought it for using FCPX and Motion 5! Right now I have a 2011 Mac Mini and it just can not handle what I'm doing lately.

Question: Is it freezing ONLY with text? I use Motion 5 mainly for video effects, not so much for Text effects.

And FCPX for editing, with basic titles...no fancy titles at this point.

I'm just wondering what to exspect.

Thanks,

Dan,

Bad news....it does not freez just with text. It freezes with whatever you do in FCPX. So stay put and be patient and welcome to the club of sad sacks waiting for a fix from Apple.

Who knows…you may be lucky.

It's clear that (nearly al) the folks who have contributed too this thread have experienced huge difficulties. But it's doubtful it's representative of all those (thousands?) who bought the top-of-the-line iMac and using FCPX.

Go to the Creative COW site and do a bunch of searches in the two very active FCPX forums. For example: FCPX + freeze, iMac + freeze, GTX 680MX + freeze, and so on. If there was a universal problem, I would expect it to be widely and loudly discussed there. I just haven't seen those reports.

BTW, having said that does not mean I'm not sympathetic to those who are dead in the water. If I were in their shoes I would be at least as frustrated.

Russ

Ok, thanks guys. My new iMac is still 2 to 3 weeks away. Hopefully the problem will be fixed by then.

Then we can ALL be happy again. LOL

Dan,

it's freezing on my MP with AMD 6870 .. so no nvidia driver issue... seems to be clearly something in FCPX

Russ,

I went to my local Apple store and replicated the problem on their in store demos...every one of them. Far, far away title, change style to Dream, and blammo! Freeze! Sometimes I had to add 2 or 3 titles, but never more. I believe that it is a universal problem.

Which machines? All of them? MacBook Pro? Mac minis? Airs? All iMacs?

Which store BTW?

OK... I just stopped by an Apple Store in Los Gatos, and tried to make everyone of their desktops, from 21" to MacPro, crash by using FCPX. Nothing would crash! They didn't have an iMac configured like mine as another Apple Store did that I tried previously, so it's kind of an apples to oranges comparison.

I loaded the timeline with their stock footage and titles faster than anyone would ever do in a real work environment...and nothing! Not even a stutter. Stand by for full specs of the machines that I tried. I didn't try any MacBook/Pros.

Mine would have crashed long before what I put these machines through. I snaped pics, but I'm not sure if that was cool or not so I won't post them.

1.

Mac Pro

Mid 2012

3.2 GHz Quad Core Intel Xenon

6 GB 1066 ATI Radeon HD 5770

OS X 10.8.2

FCPX 10.0.6

I imported 1 minute of 1080p footage into the timeline.

Added 6 Titles including Far, Far Away and Blur. Changed style to Dream on all. Transformed. Changed font.

The machine hummed! Not even a stutter. Took very little time to render even though I jammed multiple operations down it's throat! Perfect!

2.

iMac 27"

Late 2012

2.9 GHz i5

8GB 1600

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 660M 512

OSX 10.8.2

FCPX 10.0.7

I imported 45 seconds of 1080p footage into the timeline.

Added 5 Titles including Far, Far Away and Blur. Changed style to Dream on all. Transformed. Changed font.

The machine plugged right along! Not even a stutter. Slower than the Mac Pro on rendering, which is to be expected. Never crashed.

3.

iMac 21.5

2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5

8GB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB

OSX 10.8.2

FCPX 10.0.7

I imported 1 minute of 1080p footage into the timeline.

Added 6 Titles including Far, Far Away and Blur. Changed style to Dream on all. Transformed. Changed font.

The machine plugged right along! Not even a stutter. Slower than the 27" on rendering, which is to be expected. Never crashed.

My machine:

3.4 GHz i7

32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB

OS X 10.8.2

FCPX 10.0.7

I imported 1 minute of 1080p footage into the timeline.

Added 2 Far, Far Away Titles. Changed style to Dream on all. Transformed. Changed font. Crashed immediately.