Computer set up advise

What would someone suggest/advise for a Mac computer set up using either iMac or Mac Pro with a heavy work load. My early 2006 Intel 2.0 iMac with 2G of RAM isn't cutting it smoothly as I'm having to waiting what seems like an eternity for rendering to complete...even with everything set on low.
I've resorted to doing small clips, making separted video files and this is tweaking the settings to make it easier to prerender etc etc etc. So I figure, buy a new computer to make the work smoother and quicker. Help please. Thank you

Wow, thats disappointing to hear. I'm trying to learn as much as possible with FCP and what is needs the most from a computer when it really starts using up computer resources. I guess its safe to assume that the regular 512 nvidia card is more than sufficient with FCP and it's processes?
Looking at the 4870 ATI seems overkill for FCP. However i'm guessing FCP would operate efficiently no matter how much audio and visual effects you jam into a sequence when you have 8 gigs of RAM?

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