Mac Pro performance issue

Hi,
Specs are as follows:
2 x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
32 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB
OS disk: Mercury Accelsior Blade ssd (6Gbps)
SSD Scratch Disk
Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4
I have been looking at some benchmarking results from people with equivalent Windows machines, however they seem to be achieving much faster render and export speeds.
Can this be attributed to GPU support that im not getting? Cuda Architecture etc?
It doesnt seem to be using the machines resources to capacity is what im getting at.
Just did a test with a 1 minute long sequence (5dmkii, 720p, 24fps) with colour correction (Magic Bullet - curves, sharpening, saturation etc)
3.30 to render, seems slow to me.
Any advice?
If this is GPU related, What cards would you recommend? how much of an improvement can I expect to achieve?
Thanks in advance,
Adam

Hope thats legible!
This is a screen shot of activity monitor half way through rendering the project (as originally described). didnt really fluctuate from these results throughout.
This was the reason I posted in the first place, it just doesnt seem to be utilising all its resources.
Exchanged the Magic Bullet colour correction for native three way colour corrector, curves and colour balance and it rendered in 2.05. Nearly a minute and a half faster...
Seems to be Magic Bullet then like Jim said?

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Thank you for all your help!

Mac Pro Display Issues

I am trying to use three monitors with a Mac Pro with a default Radeon 5770 graphics card, but I am coming across many issues. First, I had to find out that you needed two dual-link DVI adapters if you want to add three monitors. After purchasing one adapter from StarTech for a 30" Dell monitor however, the display is having many issues.
When I first turn the computer on, the display shows "snow". I have to turn the display on and off, but sometimes even this does not get rid of it. Also, the screen will not wake up when the computer wakes up from sleep, although the other DVI monitor attached works perfectly. Finally, the screen will often go into periods of complete black. I can still move the mouse on the other screen, but it jumps around and skips when I move it.
If I want to resolve this issue, should I:
1) Go with Apple's dual-link adapter instead of the StarTech one I am currently using
2) Upgrade the Mac Pro graphics to either the dual 5770 or the single 5870
3) Replace the large dell monitor with an Apple Cinema Display
Or, would none of these solutions even help if this is an unsolvable problem.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

That is not quite right. Strictly speaking, it is not three dual-Link adapters that are required, but all adapters must be ACTIVE, POWERED Adapters.
Apple's solution requires their Daul-Link adapters because those are the ones with a USB lead to pick up even more power.
Your initail query tlaks of wanting to connect three monitors, but you have only provided connection details for two.

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