Render Times Slow on iMac Core i7 Quad

Is there any way to speed up export and render times in FCP? Right now only 30% of my processor gets used.
I have a cluster made for encoding via Compressor, but wasn't sure if there was a way to get the most out of my processor while in FCP.
On a side note, can't wait for the 64-bit version.

I understand that this post was answered over a month ago, but the way that I understand to speed up FinalCut Pro is when you render with compressor, you have to setup multiple instances of Compressor using Qmaster. Look at this guide for more help: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/usingcompressor_with_multiplecores.html
However, with Final Cut Express Compressor isn't available, so you can render out in to ProRes 422 or Apple Intermediate Codec to create your "master" file, then use a utility that is multiple processor aware such as MpegStreamClip to re-compress out to your final format. This process actually works pretty well using Final Cut Pro, Studio and Express, so this is the method that I use most of the time.

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