system question with PS 7

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Bacchus
Nov 13, 2003
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Hi,

I am running a P3 @ 550mhz with 256 megs of Ram. I cannot really aford to buy a new PC right now, and this one still works great. I would still like to keep this for another year or so until I move out. The only thing I want to do is boost it up so I can handle larger images with ease on with PS7.

My mobo can fit up to 768 megs of SDRAM 133mhz & a processor of up to P3 @ 750mhz. Will upgrading my machine make a huge difference in the performance with Photoshop. If so, what type of RAM is the best.

thanks
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n8 skow
Nov 13, 2003
In your situation, more memory will probably make the most immediate performance gain (most cost effective) – though a processor upgrade is a close second.

It all comes down to what the weakest link in your system is…

n8

Hi,

I am running a P3 @ 550mhz with 256 megs of Ram. I cannot really aford to buy a new PC right now, and this one still works great. I would still like to keep this for another year or so until I move out. The only thing I
want
to do is boost it up so I can handle larger images with ease on with PS7.
My mobo can fit up to 768 megs of SDRAM 133mhz & a processor of up to P3 @ 750mhz. Will upgrading my machine make a huge difference in the
performance
with Photoshop. If so, what type of RAM is the best.

thanks

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Bacchus
Nov 13, 2003
I would say the RAM. I just tried to work with an image at 300dpi and all I got was the dreaded hourglass.

"n8 skow" wrote in message
In your situation, more memory will probably make the most immediate performance gain (most cost effective) – though a processor upgrade is a close second.

It all comes down to what the weakest link in your system is…
n8

Hi,

I am running a P3 @ 550mhz with 256 megs of Ram. I cannot really aford
to
buy a new PC right now, and this one still works great. I would still
like
to keep this for another year or so until I move out. The only thing I
want
to do is boost it up so I can handle larger images with ease on with
PS7.
My mobo can fit up to 768 megs of SDRAM 133mhz & a processor of up to P3
@
750mhz. Will upgrading my machine make a huge difference in the
performance
with Photoshop. If so, what type of RAM is the best.

thanks

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Hecate
Nov 14, 2003
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:44:21 GMT, "Bacchus" wrote:

I would say the RAM. I just tried to work with an image at 300dpi and all I got was the dreaded hourglass.
Yes, RAM, but only if you’ve got an OS that will be able to use it correctly, i.e. WIn2k or XP.

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n8 skow
Nov 14, 2003
Will PS7 even run on win9x? Seems like a kinda weird reply…

n8

I would say the RAM. I just tried to work with an image at 300dpi and
all I
got was the dreaded hourglass.
Yes, RAM, but only if you’ve got an OS that will be able to use it correctly, i.e. WIn2k or XP.

—

Hecate

veni, vidi, relinqui
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Hecate
Nov 15, 2003
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 22:13:34 -0600, "n8 skow"
wrote:

Will PS7 even run on win9x? Seems like a kinda weird reply…
Yes, it will run on 98 and ME. And he was talking about an old machine, so I assumed an old OS as well.

CS is the first one that won’t run on anything less than 2k.

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