Mac Pro and FCP Studio

Hi,
Will the New Mac Pro ( 3 GHz) be faster than my Quad 2,5 for normal rendering in FCP Studio ?
thanks

Should be.
They suggest that it is up to 1.4x faster encoding Mpeg2 (from DV)
http://www.apple.com/macpro/performance.html

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