I have an Apple 27” iMac 5K late 2015, 16GB RAM, 3.2GHz i5
I’m aiming to create Fusion-heavy videos, but even with moderate Fusion effects — even using caches and optimised media - when playing the effects in the EDIT tab, the old computer stutters and crawls to be unusable.
I’ll need a new computer.
I’m still learning Fusion, and want to postpone buying the new computer until I’m out of the learning phase into actually producing videos.
Hence my question, for now, will increasing memory from 16GB to 32GB at least let Fusion play more smoothly in the EDIT tab? (I don't care about render time, since I'm merely learning, not yet producing videos).
See my screen shots from macOS Activity Monitor. When running Davinci Resolve Fusion, the CPU is only pushed 40-60%, but memory is around 80-90%.
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