Before buying new coputer…. for CS3

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Ronniegsd
Jul 4, 2007
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Hi
I have an old gateway (4) with 1 gb ram (couldn’t upgrade more) and 2.8 Ghtz it slows down now with all the cs2 and dreamwever 8 studio and I want to buy a new computer.
I would like to stick with the gateway since my old one was very reliable and I saw the Gateway, Intel
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babaloo
Jul 4, 2007
You can get the computer with XP, an absolute necessity for using high end graphics programs.
Vista is slow, has unstable color management and still lacks workable drivers for many peripherals (and some of the drivers out there do not work as well as XP counterparts).
2gbs is all the RAM that can practically be used in 32 bit OSes. Having used both XP and Vista in their 64 bit clothes I would say that 64 bit versions are for experimentation, not serious work.
You are likely aware that you need at least a second physical hard drive to maximize performance (swap file/scratch disk).
The 8500 is more than adequate for Adobe products. If you like to play 3d games get at least an 8600 in the NVidia line. It is astounding to me that a manufacturer would even offer a quad core processor with a low end card like the 8500.
Lastly: there is a clear performance gain using CS3 with dualcore processors. However there is not at present a real world gain in going from two to four processors. It is not clear that software in the near future,
i.e. during the useful life of this computer, will be able to take advantage
of four processors.
If 4 cores are important to you perhaps you should wait a few weeks and see how AMD’s new Barcelona quad processors work versus Intel. I am.
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Ronniegsd
Jul 4, 2007
Thank you very much,
since I am not a techi (medium knowledge) is there a way to get a computer with XP these days. My laptop vista is really lacking with the CAD program I have with displaying the graphics on the big screen.
I do not need the quad core I guess but they are offering it for a very good price. Also I do not play 3D games but should I upgrade the video card?

"babaloo" wrote in message
You can get the computer with XP, an absolute necessity for using high end graphics programs.
Vista is slow, has unstable color management and still lacks workable drivers for many peripherals (and some of the drivers out there do not work as well as XP counterparts).
2gbs is all the RAM that can practically be used in 32 bit OSes. Having used both XP and Vista in their 64 bit clothes I would say that 64 bit versions are for experimentation, not serious work.
You are likely aware that you need at least a second physical hard drive to maximize performance (swap file/scratch disk).
The 8500 is more than adequate for Adobe products. If you like to play 3d games get at least an 8600 in the NVidia line. It is astounding to me that a manufacturer would even offer a quad core processor with a low end card like the 8500.
Lastly: there is a clear performance gain using CS3 with dualcore processors. However there is not at present a real world gain in going from two to four processors. It is not clear that software in the near future, i.e. during the useful life of this computer, will be able to take advantage of four processors.
If 4 cores are important to you perhaps you should wait a few weeks and see how AMD’s new Barcelona quad processors work versus Intel. I am.

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