CS4 and NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3700

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Arnold_R_Mervielde
Dec 4, 2008
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My congiguration:
Asus Mobo
Win XP SP3 32 Bit
4 Gb ( with 3GB switch )
Lacie 526 LCD

I wonder if anyone of you guys have the same video card and wonder how it performs on your machines?

When moving windows I notice a slight delay for half a second, after that moving a window becomes much smoother.Drawing lines is without
delay, exept when moving my Wacom pen real fast,only then a very short delay occurs. In short Iam happy with this new PS.version.

On the NVIDIA site they recommend the QUADRO CX for CS4. Any comments on that?

Arnold
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JJ
John Joslin
Dec 4, 2008
I have it – it’s fine with CS4.
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BJNicholls
Dec 4, 2008
I’m guessing, since nvidia doesn’t really say, that the Quadro CX at $1800 ($100 off today at Newegg) is really spec’d for Premier Pro and After Effects performance and that Photoshop’s more limited use of OpenGL can be handled fine by less expensive cards. But other than the Adobe Tech Note list of tested cards that suggests compatibility, and a table of what you need in a card’s onboard RAM to enable various levels of GPU features, I’ve yet to find specific card performance advice.

My GeForce 9800 GTX card has extremely slow 2D line drawing performance, but since cards lower in the nvidia lineup have tested with decent 2D performance, I’m betting slow 2D I’m seeing is due to problems in the current driver. I’m guessing gamers are slow to complain about 2D issues. Perhaps the workstation class cards get more reliable drivers.
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Scott_XC
Dec 5, 2008
Yes, I have that card. I seem to have that slight hesitancy when first panning a picture. I tinkered with it and found the best performance comes from unchecking the vertical sync option within the openGL settings in Performance. The stutter lessened and panning quickened. The nvidia card settings in the control panel are set to max quality.

Unfortunately, the brush tool is very hesitant and takes time to catch up on long strokes. Nothing seems to help there. It is not nearly up to par in performance as the brushes in CS3. 🙁 That is addressed in another thread.
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Scott_XC
Dec 5, 2008
…."that card" meaning the FX 3700…
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John Joslin
Dec 5, 2008
I think any comments about lag need to be qualified by reference to file size, layers, and resolution and screen size and resolution.

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