Terrible Final Cut Pro X Performance

[teamawesome]

Overall my system is stable, but FCP X is a nightmare. Lot of pinwheels and the BruceX benchmark wants about a decade to complete. Does anyone have any thoughts?

FCP X 10.4
macOS 10.13.3
ASRock Rack EP2C602
64GB DDR3R ECC
2 x E5-2680 v2
EVGA 980 Classified

 

[beelzebozo]

Overall my system is stable, but FCP X is a nightmare. Lot of pinwheels and the BruceX benchmark wants about a decade to complete. Does anyone have any thoughts?

FCP X 10.4
macOS 10.13.3
ASRock Rack EP2C602
64GB DDR3R ECC
2 x E5-2680 v2
EVGA 980 Classified

From what I've seen/read, FCP runs better under 10.12.

 

[EddyMac]

From what I've seen/read, FCP runs better under 10.12.

I believe this is true. My Bruce X score went from 25 seconds to around 2 minutes between 10.12 and 10.13. The Nvidia drivers might be the culprit. I was using a GTX 970. I've since switched to an AMd RX580 and BruceX is now 16 seconds.

 

[teamawesome]

I believe this is true. My Bruce X score went from 25 seconds to around 2 minutes between 10.12 and 10.13. The Nvidia drivers might be the culprit. I was using a GTX 970. I've since switched to an AMd RX580 and BruceX is now 16 seconds.

Thank you. I also concluded the problem is the nVidia card. I want to sell the 980 Classified and get two new AMD cards, but thanks to crypto mining the cost is absurd. The original msrp for the RX 580 was $200 but they now sell for 3-4x.

 

[EddyMac]

I know. I got mine from Newegg for $369 I think it was. I had to sign up to be notified when it came in stock, and they sold out very quickly. CDW said they were backordered until May.

 

[teamawesome]

The only card without an inflated price is the Vega Frontier. I’m debating getting that and later adding a second.

 

[EddyMac]

$999 on Newegg.

 

[teamawesome]

$999 on Newegg.

Pricey, but at least that is the msrp.