Red footage with Final cut pro X

I am intersted in going for Red Scarlet so I want to know how well does editing Red footage work on Macs with FCPX with out the Red Rocket card? I have an iMac i7 but will have to switch to a Mac pro and get a Red Rocket card if it doesn't work well on an iMac.

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/611-two-new-colorspace-transformation-plugi ns-for-final-cut-pro-7-and-fcpx

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