Photoshop CS Picture Package Slow Issue

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Feb 11, 2005
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I’ve got a computer, a fairly new Dell Windows XP system, that is running ve ry slowly when I pick File – Automate – Picture Package – Build a layout. I’m using Photoshop CS (8).

I’ve got the scratch disks setup to goto a different drive.

This Picture Package creation is very slow, I have other computers with less horsepower (cpu, ram, etc) that run the exact same process much more quickl
y.

When I look at the CPU performance on this computer, the system is only runn ing at about 15% of the CPU in the middle of a Picture Package creation. I would expect the CPU to be almost maxing out during the processing of the Pi cture Package, but it is not on this machine for some odd reason. Dell poin ts the finger at the software, Adobe points the finger at the hardware. My sense is I’m hitting a non-CPU bottleneck somewhere, but am not sure what it is. This computer has hyper-threading.

Other software on this computer seems to run just fine, its just this one fe ature in Photoshop that is very slow.

I’ve swapped out memory, updated BIOS, even restored the computer from the D ell Restore CD, nothing seems to help.

Any troubleshooting ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Anthony the Perplexed
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Hecate
Feb 12, 2005
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:36:02 -0700, "Anthony" wrote:

is. This computer has hyper-threading.
Try turning ff hyperthreading. HT is know to slow down PS under a number of circumstances.

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SpaceGirl
Feb 12, 2005
Hecate wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:36:02 -0700, "Anthony" wrote:

is. This computer has hyper-threading.

Try turning ff hyperthreading. HT is know to slow down PS under a number of circumstances.

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Hardly a solutiuon. "Make all your other programs go slower to fix PS."

It’s like software that says "turn off your firewall and antivirus before installing". Are you MAD??? 🙂

I’ve had no problems with HT on this machine (P4EE with HyperThreading,
3.6Ghz, 2Gb 800mhz ram).

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Hecate
Feb 14, 2005
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:03:46 +0000, SpaceGirl
wrote:

Hecate wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:36:02 -0700, "Anthony" wrote:

is. This computer has hyper-threading.

Try turning ff hyperthreading. HT is know to slow down PS under a number of circumstances.

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Hardly a solutiuon. "Make all your other programs go slower to fix PS."

It’s a solution for people whose main computer use is Photoshop. It’s not a solution for people who do a lot of 3D work where HT actually improves speed.

It’s like software that says "turn off your firewall and antivirus before installing". Are you MAD??? 🙂

No, pragmatic. It depends on your computer usage.

I’ve had no problems with HT on this machine (P4EE with HyperThreading,
3.6Ghz, 2Gb 800mhz ram).

With a machine as fast as that, you may have not noticed. The 2GB of RAM will make a lot of difference.

Incidentally, the easiest solution is not to buy Intel in the first place and get AMD 64.

Yep, Not Intel Inside, but AMD Instead. 🙂

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SpaceGirl
Feb 14, 2005
Hecate wrote:
Hardly a solutiuon. "Make all your other programs go slower to fix PS."

It’s a solution for people whose main computer use is Photoshop. It’s not a solution for people who do a lot of 3D work where HT actually improves speed.

I suppose… I work in multimedia. I use PhotoShop about hmm…. 70% of the time. The rest is Flash/Video/3D/HTML.

It’s like software that says "turn off your firewall and antivirus before installing". Are you MAD??? 🙂

No, pragmatic. It depends on your computer usage.

Pah 🙂

I’ve had no problems with HT on this machine (P4EE with HyperThreading,
3.6Ghz, 2Gb 800mhz ram).

With a machine as fast as that, you may have not noticed. The 2GB of RAM will make a lot of difference.

I think RAM makes more difference than CPU to PhotoShop.

Incidentally, the easiest solution is not to buy Intel in the first place and get AMD 64.

Yep, Not Intel Inside, but AMD Instead. 🙂

If I were buying right now, I’d go for dual AMD. But I cant afford a new machine just yet! The one I have right now was the very best you could by back in Jan 2004.
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Hecate
Feb 14, 2005
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:04:29 +0000, SpaceGirl
wrote:

It’s like software that says "turn off your firewall and antivirus before installing". Are you MAD??? 🙂

No, pragmatic. It depends on your computer usage.

Pah 🙂

LOL! Yeah, I know pragmatism sucks 😉

With a machine as fast as that, you may have not noticed. The 2GB of RAM will make a lot of difference.

I think RAM makes more difference than CPU to PhotoShop.

Yes, definitely.

Incidentally, the easiest solution is not to buy Intel in the first place and get AMD 64.

Yep, Not Intel Inside, but AMD Instead. 🙂

If I were buying right now, I’d go for dual AMD. But I cant afford a new machine just yet! The one I have right now was the very best you could by back in Jan 2004.

<g> It’s funny how if you wait for the fastest machine it never arrives, isn’t it? 😉

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Larry Oravetz
Feb 23, 2005
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