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I followed another thread about memory size and slow performance with WinXP.
I just changed from a Win2000 machine with a PIII @933 mHZ and 512K memory to a WinXP machine with a hyperthreading 3.06 GHz and 512K of PC2100 DDR SDRAM. I expected this machine to perform much better with PS7 but it is *terrrible* compared to the older Win2000 machine.
The performance slows down to almost imperceptible, for example, when doing a multiple step edge sharpening action, especially during the last step which is the application of USM.
Is there some optimal combination of "Photoshop Memory" slider and hyperthreading? I seem to get a little better performance when increasing to around 90% photoshop memory even though physical memory will dip below 10K. Hyperthreading on or off doesn’t seem to make much difference in throughput.
I just ordered another 512MB to bring total memory up to 1Gig. I hope that helps. This has been a terrible disappointment. I am not clear why a system with a faster CPU, faster memory and a faster HD runs Photoshop slower.
Stan Schwartz
I just changed from a Win2000 machine with a PIII @933 mHZ and 512K memory to a WinXP machine with a hyperthreading 3.06 GHz and 512K of PC2100 DDR SDRAM. I expected this machine to perform much better with PS7 but it is *terrrible* compared to the older Win2000 machine.
The performance slows down to almost imperceptible, for example, when doing a multiple step edge sharpening action, especially during the last step which is the application of USM.
Is there some optimal combination of "Photoshop Memory" slider and hyperthreading? I seem to get a little better performance when increasing to around 90% photoshop memory even though physical memory will dip below 10K. Hyperthreading on or off doesn’t seem to make much difference in throughput.
I just ordered another 512MB to bring total memory up to 1Gig. I hope that helps. This has been a terrible disappointment. I am not clear why a system with a faster CPU, faster memory and a faster HD runs Photoshop slower.
Stan Schwartz
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