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From: Al Dykes on 18 Jul 2010 12:56 In article <bm94469vp74q8jp244fr170psnosh3qpgn(a)4ax.com>, <PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net> wrote: >I'm going to build a desktop and would like some suggestions on what >hardware is needed and what capacities. I'm not a game player. Specific >recommendations for hardware are welcome. IME, it depends on what you are doing in PS. I now use a Dell laptop containing an Intel Core i3 330M (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB) (low end) CPU with W/7-64 bit. PS (without a work disk) is very responsive for 14 megapixel raw files and opening lots of them doesn't slow the system down. I attribute this to the 4GB of DDR3 memory. PS opens a 60MB tiff file damn fast. I expected the 5400RPM laptop disk to be a bottleneck. Nope. If I worked with lots of layers and 100MB .psd files I might have a different experience. I suspect that a 64 bit machine and OS changes the performance issues completely and for the better. -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail
From: PeoplesChoice on 19 Jul 2010 22:38 Thanks to everyone for your feedback - although I didn't really get what I wanted (for the most part). Can anyone be more specific about recommending an LCD or Plasma screen? Graphics card? Sufficient memory? On 18 Jul 2010 12:56:05 -0400, adykes(a)panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote: >In article <bm94469vp74q8jp244fr170psnosh3qpgn(a)4ax.com>, > <PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net> wrote: >>I'm going to build a desktop and would like some suggestions on what >>hardware is needed and what capacities. I'm not a game player. Specific >>recommendations for hardware are welcome. > > >IME, it depends on what you are doing in PS. I now use a Dell laptop >containing an Intel Core i3 330M (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB) (low end) >CPU with W/7-64 bit. > >PS (without a work disk) is very responsive for 14 megapixel raw files >and opening lots of them doesn't slow the system down. > >I attribute this to the 4GB of DDR3 memory. > >PS opens a 60MB tiff file damn fast. I expected the 5400RPM laptop >disk to be a bottleneck. Nope. > >If I worked with lots of layers and 100MB .psd files I might have a >different experience. > >I suspect that a 64 bit machine and OS changes the performance issues >completely and for the better.
From: fillyflash on 19 Jul 2010 23:03 If 64 bit OS, 4 gigs or more of memory. Nvidia graphics card with 1000+ megs of memory which supports 2 monitors(check adobe site for recommended) 2 wide screen lck monitors 2 hard drives. One pretty much dedicated to PS scratch disk. Amd or Intel 5 quad cpu, asus or gigabyte MB. Wacom tablet for PS On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:38:15 -0400, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote: >Thanks to everyone for your feedback - although I didn't really get what >I wanted (for the most part). Can anyone be more specific about >recommending an LCD or Plasma screen? Graphics card? Sufficient >memory? > > >On 18 Jul 2010 12:56:05 -0400, adykes(a)panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote: > >>In article <bm94469vp74q8jp244fr170psnosh3qpgn(a)4ax.com>, >> <PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net> wrote: >>>I'm going to build a desktop and would like some suggestions on what >>>hardware is needed and what capacities. I'm not a game player. Specific >>>recommendations for hardware are welcome. >> >> >>IME, it depends on what you are doing in PS. I now use a Dell laptop >>containing an Intel Core i3 330M (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB) (low end) >>CPU with W/7-64 bit. >> >>PS (without a work disk) is very responsive for 14 megapixel raw files >>and opening lots of them doesn't slow the system down. >> >>I attribute this to the 4GB of DDR3 memory. >> >>PS opens a 60MB tiff file damn fast. I expected the 5400RPM laptop >>disk to be a bottleneck. Nope. >> >>If I worked with lots of layers and 100MB .psd files I might have a >>different experience. >> >>I suspect that a 64 bit machine and OS changes the performance issues >>completely and for the better.
From: PeoplesChoice on 21 Jul 2010 22:04
Thank you - that helps a lot. On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:03:41 -0400, fillyflash(a)yahoo.com wrote: > >If 64 bit OS, 4 gigs or more of memory. Nvidia graphics card with >1000+ megs of memory which supports 2 monitors(check adobe site for >recommended) 2 wide screen lck monitors 2 hard drives. One pretty >much dedicated to PS scratch disk. Amd or Intel 5 quad cpu, asus or >gigabyte MB. Wacom tablet for PS > > > >On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:38:15 -0400, PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net wrote: > >>Thanks to everyone for your feedback - although I didn't really get what >>I wanted (for the most part). Can anyone be more specific about >>recommending an LCD or Plasma screen? Graphics card? Sufficient >>memory? >> >> >>On 18 Jul 2010 12:56:05 -0400, adykes(a)panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote: >> >>>In article <bm94469vp74q8jp244fr170psnosh3qpgn(a)4ax.com>, >>> <PeoplesChoice(a)Chicago.net> wrote: >>>>I'm going to build a desktop and would like some suggestions on what >>>>hardware is needed and what capacities. I'm not a game player. Specific >>>>recommendations for hardware are welcome. >>> >>> >>>IME, it depends on what you are doing in PS. I now use a Dell laptop >>>containing an Intel Core i3 330M (2.13GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB) (low end) >>>CPU with W/7-64 bit. >>> >>>PS (without a work disk) is very responsive for 14 megapixel raw files >>>and opening lots of them doesn't slow the system down. >>> >>>I attribute this to the 4GB of DDR3 memory. >>> >>>PS opens a 60MB tiff file damn fast. I expected the 5400RPM laptop >>>disk to be a bottleneck. Nope. >>> >>>If I worked with lots of layers and 100MB .psd files I might have a >>>different experience. >>> >>>I suspect that a 64 bit machine and OS changes the performance issues >>>completely and for the better. |