More RAM for Final Cut?

Im probably beating a dead horse here so if someone can point me in the right direction, great
I just installed a gig of RAM and plan on getting another shortly, giving me 4 and half gigs in my g5 powermac. My question is, in order to enjoy the benefits of more RAM, do I need to tell Final Cut Pro to use more of it in the preferences or something? Do I need to make any changes in order to notice the added memory?
This is my first RAM install that I've done before so I am unsure. Thanks
Bones

Probably not... but you can assign RAM to FCP in FCP's System Settings found in the FCP menu. There's a tab there labeled "Memory and Cache"... set it to 100%. You'll not be able to use all of the RAM you may have installed, however more RAM allows you to run more than one app at a time without bringing your machine to it's knees...
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