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Quartz Extreme, Radeon HD, and Final Cut

I've been using Final Cut for months with no issue. This morning I tried to launch Compressor and it told my my hardware doesn't meet Final Cut's requirements. Specifically it said I need a graphics card that supports Quartz Extreme. I have an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT that came with the Mac Pro. What's causing this? Does the card in fact not support Quartz Extreme and a software update for Final Cut made it change its mind about my system? Is the system wrong about my graphics card? Do I really need to upgrade my hardware?

Mike

Britt Thompson

Here's a firmware update for the video card...if you go to system profiler and view the card information does it say "Quartz Extreme: Supported" under the specs? This could be related to the recent updates and the firmware update may resolve the issue.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/atiradeonhd2600xtfirmwareupdate.html

shacho

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System says that my driver is up to date when I try to run the installer.

Britt Thompson

Those cards definitely support Quartz Extreme...are you somehow running this machine where the monitor isn't attached when you start up? Or, is it a render node? Quartz Extreme will not be loaded unless a monitor is attached to the video card when it starts. Are you using a KVM?

Also, try swapping the DVI port the monitor is attached to.

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shacho

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Thanks!