AMD 64 Athlon compatibility?

DG
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David_Goosman
Sep 5, 2006
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Does anyone know if WindowsXPhome using an AMD64Athlon processor will work with Photoshop CS2. Customer service does not recommend this combo, but they don’t say why?

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Chris_Cox
Sep 5, 2006
It works just fine.
MD
Michael_D_Sullivan
Sep 6, 2006
Yes, as Chris says.
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Bob Levine
Sep 6, 2006
Customer service does not recommend this combo

Did you get a name? Somebody needs to be reported for giving out ridiculous info.

Bob
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Ho
Sep 6, 2006
The OP probably means that AMD processors are not specifically mentioned in the system requirements. I quote from Adobe’s doc:

System requirements

Windows

Intel® Xeon™, Xeon Dual, Intel Centrino™, or Pentium® III or 4 processor

Every conceivable Intel chip is mentioned except C2D (too new); no mention of AMD.
DG
David_Goosman
Sep 6, 2006
Hello Chris
Thanks for the first reply – I intend to do color editing, soft proofing, etc of large images (300 mb TIFF’s) for printing under color management.
Have you used CS2 with AMD for similar reasons?

David
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Bob Levine
Sep 6, 2006
David,

Open the Photoshop splash screen and check the credits.

Bob
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Chris_Cox
Sep 6, 2006
Yes, I have used CS2 on Athlon processors for lots of things. And it works just fine.
LH
Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 7, 2006
Just built a new system with an Athlon 64 3200 single Core, 1G DDR2. I don’t like the way that CS2 palettes operate on this system. Click on the palettes in the dock, nothing happens for a couple of seconds. If I drag one out of the dock, again, nothing happens for a couple of seconds, then an outline appears and after a second or two the palette appears. If I let go the left button before anything appears, it dies.

The rest of the system runs fine. Tools are speedy, much better than my former system(!).

On CS, the behavior is very quick, no delays and dragging the palettes is instantaneous.

I don’t remember this sort of problem when I did a test on my old system of CS2, but that was before the update. Also, this system is XP(SP2), which in itself, is touchier than W2K.

So…..
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Ho
Sep 7, 2006
Larry, it sounds like it *might* be your video drivers. Have you tried the always recommended, "turn off hdwe acceleration"? And you do have 9.01 or 9.02 installed, right?
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Klaas Visser
Sep 7, 2006
Lawrence,

I don’t think that your palette display delay is related to the AMD 64 CPU.

I’ve been running CS2 on a homebuilt system, using an AMD 64 2800 single core, with 2GB memory, and have no delays in opening palettes in the dock, or dragging them out of the dock.

The system is running Windows XP SP2. I’ve been using XP for around four years, and have never found it to be "touchier" than what I recall of Win2K.

One thing I do, is change the System properties to turn off the visual effects (makes everything look like Win2K), which seems to improve some facets of video performance (I’m currently using a three year old Matrox Parhelia 128 video card).
LH
Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 7, 2006
The first thing I checked was the video drivers. But why only in CS2?

Hmmm, I don’t see 9.0.0 or 9.0.2. Only 9.

I thought it downloaded with the updates.

No?

Maybe I have it confused with XP. SP2 came with the CD.

And no, I really don’t expect it to be an AMD problem at all.

Stay tuned!
LH
Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 7, 2006

9.0.2

Duh! <very red face!>

Thanks, Ho, and Klaas.

A hearty Ho, Ho, Ho all around! 😀
DG
David_Goosman
Sep 7, 2006
Hello everyone

Thank you all for replying to my message about AMD and CS2, which was discouraged by Adobe customer service. I will probably open my newly purchased CS2 box tomorrow and try it. I appreciate your prompt responses. David Goosman
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Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 7, 2006
Be sure and D/L the update!

<http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbfed67/0>

Best regards. 🙂
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Ho
Sep 7, 2006
Hey Larry, glad it was a simple fix (the best kind, embarrassment notwithstanding :))

David, I run an AMD processor and I abuse it horribly. It always responds admirably and comes back for more. Enjoy.
DG
Dana_Gartenlaub
Sep 7, 2006
CS2 is running fine on a couple of dual core Opteron 270’s in 64 bit XP, with 8GB of memory. Runs like a dream!
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Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 7, 2006
Eventually Dana, I intend to get there too. The board will accommodate this level of performance (AMD 2 socket).

How much RAM have you associated with PS?
DG
Dana_Gartenlaub
Sep 10, 2006
I put the slider all the way up to 100%, which is a bit over 2GB. The OS can use the rest of the first 6GB for whatever it needs, and the next two GB up to 8 are (supposedly) used as sort of a virtual scratch disk.

All I know is that it’s blazingly fast. I’m using XP x64 to address all that RAM.
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SDA
Sep 10, 2006
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:58:06 -0700, in adobe.photoshop.windows wrote:
I put the slider all the way up to 100%, which is a bit over 2GB. The OS can use the rest of the first 6GB for whatever it needs, and the next two GB up to 8 are (supposedly) used as sort of a virtual scratch disk.

All I know is that it’s blazingly fast. I’m using XP x64 to address all that RAM.

Interesting. I’m using Athlon 64 bit as well, but I’ve installed XP-Pro 32 bit — Are you running your setup on XP-Pro 64 bit ?

I’m a little tentative to upgrade to 64 bit OS, as I understand that Photoshop doesn’t support it, yet. So, I would be interested to hear of people’s experiences running a 64 bit OS with PhotoshopCS 2.
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chrisjbirchall
Sep 10, 2006
Photoshop doesn’t support it, yet.

Not officially.

But this:

<http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/320005.html>

is as good as a nod and a wink in my book.

Chris
LH
Lawrence_Hudetz
Sep 10, 2006
How is the driver situation for XP 64? Canon/Epson printers and scanners? Etc.
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deebs
Sep 10, 2006
All I can add is that CS under an AMD X2 is shockingly fast.

It looks as if i’ll skip CS2 and look forward to CS3 or whatever the nomenclature may be. It will be pleasant to have a choice between Pro Mac and Windows Vista 64 bit when both are available 🙂
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Bob Levine
Sep 10, 2006
With the new Macs, you can have them both on one machine.

Bob
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deebs
Sep 10, 2006
I’ve got one – a new Mac I mean 🙂
DG
Dana_Gartenlaub
Sep 11, 2006
I’ve got XP 64 bit on the dual Opteron, drivers were a bit of a hunt, but by now either the different companies have released them or someone’s hacked them on Planet AMD64 <http://www.planetamd64.com>.

There’s also an emulation mode, that allows the 32 bit apps to work on the system. Not so good for drivers, which you have to hunt down. But they’re there. If I could get drivers for my ancient Intuos 2 tablet, there must be drivers for a lot of stuff by now.

PS: I have drivers for all my Epson printers and scanners. The manufacturers are finally gearing up. I had to pester Monaco, but I got drivers for the Optix calibrator from them. I did find that Roxio EZ CD creator doesn’t seem to like 64 bit, but the Nero utility works fine.
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SDA
Sep 12, 2006
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:31:01 -0700, in
adobe.photoshop.windows wrote:

Photoshop doesn’t support it, yet.

Not officially.

But this:

<http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/320005.html>

is as good as a nod and a wink in my book.

Interesting indeed. Thanks Chris !
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SDA
Sep 12, 2006
On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:15:54 -0700, in
adobe.photoshop.windows wrote:

I’ve got XP 64 bit on the dual Opteron, drivers were a bit of a hunt, but by now either the different companies have released them or someone’s hacked them on Planet AMD64 <http://www.planetamd64.com>.

There’s also an emulation mode, that allows the 32 bit apps to work on the system. Not so good for drivers, which you have to hunt down. But they’re there. If I could get drivers for my ancient Intuos 2 tablet, there must be drivers for a lot of stuff by now.

PS: I have drivers for all my Epson printers and scanners. The manufacturers are finally gearing up. I had to pester Monaco, but I got drivers for the Optix calibrator from them. I did find that Roxio EZ CD creator doesn’t seem to like 64 bit, but the Nero utility works fine.

Excellent, not sure that I’d trust "reverse engineered" drivers though. 😉

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