great system for CS5

PB
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Paul Burdett
May 29, 2010
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Hi all,

I asked the IT techi at the school where I teach to build me a powerful computer to run Photoshop CS5 Extended. I’ve just received the new computer and I’ve got to say… it flies!! I did some research beforehand, but I left it up to him to choose some of the parts. For those who are interested, or aren’t sure what to get I offer the following info on my system:

Intel Core I7 860 2.8 Ghz Quad core
Asus P7P5D-LE core I7 motherboard
8Gb DDR3 1600
64Gb Kingston SSD
2 TB WD SATA HDD
Nvidia GTS 240 Asus
Antec Earthwatts 650 watt PSU
DVD+RW Drive
Windows 7 Home premium

I’m still using my LG Studioworks crt monitor, as photos look great on it, but if and when it dies I may get a Dell Ultrasharpen later on (unless you can recommend a similar/better monitor for around $AUD300

Paul:)

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gowanoh
May 30, 2010
My old quad core keeps slugging along but:
People should realize that the fundamental issue for PS performance remains the CPU and there is nothing like an Intel I7. Regardless of how many cores in your CPU, or how many CPUs on your motherboard, 64 or 32 bit OS, RAM up the wazoo, the limiting factor in PS performance is still how fast one core of your CPU can push through data as little of PS is multithreaded. Hence Mac users are at a big disadvantage for both sheer processing speed as well as the immaturity of 64 bit development tools and the truly god-awful GPUs/drivers available for that platform.
You should realize that although your old CRT may seem serviceable they are all now so old that calibration is problematic. While it is still easier to match screen to print brightness with a calibrated CRT colors on these ancient beasts are just not reliable anymore.
Part Deux: after using CS5 I am finding it difficult to justify the upgrade from CS4. Content aware fill is about as effective as off-loading image enlargement to the GPU and compositing without a green screened subject is still depends far more on user skills than PS tools.
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Joel
May 30, 2010
"c_atiel" wrote:

My old quad core keeps slugging along but:
People should realize that the fundamental issue for PS performance remains the CPU and there is nothing like an Intel I7. Regardless of how many cores in your CPU, or how many CPUs on your motherboard, 64 or 32 bit OS, RAM up the wazoo, the limiting factor in PS performance is still how fast one core of your CPU can push through data as little of PS is multithreaded. Hence Mac users are at a big disadvantage for both sheer processing speed as well as the immaturity of 64 bit development tools and the truly god-awful GPUs/drivers available for that platform.
You should realize that although your old CRT may seem serviceable they are all now so old that calibration is problematic. While it is still easier to match screen to print brightness with a calibrated CRT colors on these ancient beasts are just not reliable anymore.
Part Deux: after using CS5 I am finding it difficult to justify the upgrade from CS4. Content aware fill is about as effective as off-loading image enlargement to the GPU and compositing without a green screened subject is still depends far more on user skills than PS tools.
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It sounds like you need to come up with another and better realize and fundamental.
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Eryk
Jun 25, 2010
Intel Core I7 860 2.8 Ghz Quad core
Asus P7P5D-LE core I7 motherboard
8Gb DDR3 1600
64Gb Kingston SSD
2 TB WD SATA HDD
Nvidia GTS 240 Asus
Antec Earthwatts 650 watt PSU
DVD+RW Drive
Windows 7 Home premium

Hi,

My computer:
E8400 –> 3600 (only 2 core)
Asus P5Q Pro
8GB DDR 2 800
Ati 5770
Windows 7 Premium 64 bit

Works ok.

In test http://clubofone.com/speedtest/ I have 25 s.

Eryk 🙂

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