Pro Res and FCP X

Will encoding my clips to Pro Res and then importing them into FCP X speed things up instead of importing the clips straight from my camera to FCP X?

Sorry, this is footage taken from a Canon 7D. 24fps 1920x1080. FCP gets bogged down sometimes. I have a dual quad core Mac Pro with 16 gigs of ram.
Thanks,
Shawn

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