FCP Titles need rendering...really?

Hey folks, we are running FCP 6 on Mac Pro towers, 8GB memory, quad core etc. we are working with XDCAM sequence with XDCAM footage and some Pro Res footage. We're adding subtitles to sequence as dialog is in foreign language and these FCP titles all need rendering. Any ideas how we can switch settings so they don't need rendering? In the past with older versions of FCP titles have never needed rendering...
any advise greatly appreciated. If more info needed, let me know what.
cheers, J

Just so you know that no matter what, eventually you'll need to render.
All that ANY system of RT means (whether it be Avid/FCP/Premier/Vegas/etc...) is that the processor can play it back in real time without rendering for that system.
If you ever plan on showing it outside of FCP (or Avid or whatever), you need to export it to a file or write it to tape. All of your effects will then need to be rendered. The disadvantage is that the processing you'd been deferring needs to be performed (thus can significantly slow the proceedure) and then your renders will be thrown away after the process. Whereas if you'd been rendering in clip level increments all along, the export/write to tape will be just a copying of clips/renders into a new file or writing out to tape.
Sometimes it's good to just use RT, then render everything when you take a break for lunch or at the end of the day.
Just so you understand what's going on here...
Patrick

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x

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Whoa!
Everyones moving just a tad bit fast for me! (grin)...
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