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amiram
Joined: 12 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: Photoshop hardware requirements |
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Hi everyone,
I need to buy a new PC and I want it to run photoshop well.
What about this:
MSI 915G intel chipset.
Pentium 4 3.0GHz LGA775.
Intel graphic media accelarator 900 on board, up to 224 MB.
512MB DDR400.
80GB HD s-ata 150.
What should I improve to get better performance?
1. Faster CPU?
2. Maybe AMD 64bit?
3. Graphic card AGP or PCI-Express? ATI, GeForce5 or GeForce6?
4. More memory?
5. Raid HD?
6. Anything else?
I'm not a pro in photoshop but I want to work a lot with it.
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TiDaL
Joined: 12 Apr 2003
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To me that setup sounds very nice, I think the pentium 4 will do fine
Also: 512mb seems about right, probably the standard for most systems(and if you want more later you can always get more)
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Brad
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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Location: AL
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The only thing that jumps out at me i'd do different is that i'd get a gig of ram.
i dont know anything about that onboard video...but i would get an AGP or PCI-E GPU. If you're building from scratch, i'd go with a PCI-E for the budget minded, or AGP if you're spending. Dont get any of the GF5XXX series...if you're gonna get a couple generation old card, get one of the radeons. The newer GF6XXX and Radeon X800's are pretty dang comprable.
im partial to AMD's as well. you can get an amd64-3000 for $150...or 90nm 3200 for around 200 (retail). The comprable intel chip will cost more and not perform as well. |
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jiteye
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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I strongly recommend Not buying onboard video.
Photoshop is about graphics.
Thus you want a computer that caters to graphics.
you can look into things like duel monitor cards, or just power graphics cards like GeForce FX5700, nVidia Quadro FX, ATI RADEON 800 XT .
Any graphics card will do, but you can get a decent card at a very modest price that will shame your onboard whatever card.
I would also second the motion for Tons of memory. |
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amiram
Joined: 12 Feb 2005
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Thanks all!!! |
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PaintBall
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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i think that's more than good enough...you can even create some neat 3D stuff with that kind of PC...you could try improving the graphics accelerator.
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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You can't have enough RAM for Photoshop. I think Windows XP only accepts upto 3gig at the moment but thats a lot!
A RAID H/D will also work wonders for general computer speed and writing etc... I have mine set up with RAID and whilst Photoshop doesnt really benefit that much it certainly eases the pain of temp saves and large file saves.
Forget 64bit until they become fully supported.
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gecko
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
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BryanDowning
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
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Location: California, USA
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| Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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There are firewire hard drives currently on the market. I actually have one.
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Brad
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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ive heard good things about the "firefly" |
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