Need some advice

Falcone · 4th Apr 2008, 10:55 PM

Lately I find processing images has become a pain. Judging by the CPU usage, I think is time to move on.

Currently I'm running Athlon 64 3200+, thinking going C2D (somewhere between E6550 and E6750) + 4GB. Video card using 6800 think I can still live with that since I hardly play games anymore.

Any ideas? Recommendation on what Mboard to use.

I have been out of the market for so long I dunno what to get any more.

Thanks in advance.

goldfries · 5th Apr 2008, 01:33 AM

ouhh. picture editing definitely a better processor helps.

my E2140 felt just like the X2 3600+ but after i OC it to 3.2ghz - wow it's so much better.

Go for the E8200 la. pair it with any sub-RM400 P35 board will do.

but that's just me. damage comes to around RM 1k or so.

Chai · 5th Apr 2008, 07:37 AM

Any P35 motherboard, Gigabyte, Asus, Abit. Best chipset of the current era.

Trinity · 5th Apr 2008, 09:43 AM

P35, E8400!

Falcone · 5th Apr 2008, 10:43 AM

Hahaha E8XXX series is way out of my league

But thanks for the advise Trin and Goldfries.

Dashken · 5th Apr 2008, 02:18 PM

E6750 + P35 + 4GB should be fast enuf for you.

Trinity · 5th Apr 2008, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

E6750 + P35 + 4GB should be fast enuf for you.

Hey, Just noticed your siggy... What happened to your E6600?

ZuePhok · 5th Apr 2008, 09:11 PM

grab the gigabyte P35 mainstream series, 8GB DDR2 667 or 800

, plus an E8000 chip. On x64 windows, you can configure PS to use up to a maximum of ~3500MB system memory. (can't recall the exact figure, not quite sure why adobe doesnt allow the user to go more than this amount)

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Originally Posted by Adobe

When you run Photoshop CS3 on a computer with a 64-bit processor (such as a, Intel Xeon processor with EM64T, AMD Athlon 64, or Opteron processor) running a 64-bit version of the operating system (Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Vista 64-bit) and with 4 GB or more of RAM, Photoshop will use 3 GB for it's image data. You can see the actual amount of RAM Photoshop can use in the Let Photoshop Use number when you set the Let Photoshop Use slider in the Performance preference to 100%. The RAM above the 100% used by Photoshop, which is from approximately 3 GB to 3.7 GB, can be used directly by Photoshop plug-ins (some plug-ins need large chunks of contiguous RAM), filters, or actions. If you have more than 4 GB (to 6 GB), then the RAM above 4 GB is used by the operating system as a cache for the Photoshop scratch disk data. Data that previously was written directly to the hard disk by Photoshop is now cached in this high RAM before being written to the hard disk by the operating system. If you are working with files large enough to take advantage of these extra 2 GB of RAM, the RAM cache can speed performance of Photoshop. Additionally, in Windows Vista 64-bit, processing very large images is much faster if your computer has large amounts of RAM (6-8 GB).

The default RAM allocation setting is 55%. This setting should be optimal for most users. To get the ideal RAM allocation setting for your system, change the RAM allocation in 5% increments and watch the performance of Photoshop in the Performance Monitor. You must quit and restart Photoshop after each change to see the change take effect.

The available RAM shown in the Performance preference automatically deducts an amount that is reserved for the operating system from the total RAM in your computer. You shouldn't set the percentage of RAM to be used by Photoshop to 100% because other applications which run at the same time as Photoshop (for example, Adobe Bridge) need a share of the available RAM. Some applications use more RAM than you might expect. For example, web browsers can use 20-30 MB of RAM, and music players can use 20-50 MB RAM. Watch the Performance Monitor to view the RAM allocations on your computer.

Watch your efficiency indicator while you work in Photoshop to determine the amount of RAM you'll need to keep your images in RAM. The efficiency indicator is available from the pop-up menu (choose Show > Efficiency) on the status bar of your image and from the Palette Options on the Info Palette pop-up menu. When the efficiency indicator goes below 95-100%, you are using the scratch disk. If the efficiency is around 60%, you'll see a large performance increase by changing your RAM allocation or adding RAM.

as we speak, mem is very affortable, especially the DDR2 667 modules.

Trinity · 5th Apr 2008, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falcone

Hahaha E8XXX series is way out of my league

But thanks for the advise Trin and Goldfries.

"Hahaha E8XXX series is way out of my league."

Go for it!

It's the last blast for the intel cpu's until intel does it's next "tic" next fall. Or just wait a few months.

ZuePhok · 5th Apr 2008, 09:53 PM

Sorry i missed your last post.

E6000 is still a great chip.

4th Apr 2008, 10:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Falcone Official Mascot Creator Join Date: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Kay El, Em Wai Posts: 3,177 Reputation: 1672 Rep Power: 25	Need some advice Lately I find processing images has become a pain. Judging by the CPU usage, I think is time to move on. Currently I'm running Athlon 64 3200+, thinking going C2D (somewhere between E6550 and E6750) + 4GB. Video card using 6800 think I can still live with that since I hardly play games anymore. Any ideas? Recommendation on what Mboard to use. I have been out of the market for so long I dunno what to get any more. Thanks in advance. __________________ I'm a noob, my photos sucks, but if you can live with that... http://www.pumpkinproject.com/ Flickr Last edited by Falcone : 4th Apr 2008 at 11:26 PM.

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goldfries More Than Meets The Eye Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,863 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 18	ouhh. picture editing definitely a better processor helps. my E2140 felt just like the X2 3600+ but after i OC it to 3.2ghz - wow it's so much better. Go for the E8200 la. pair it with any sub-RM400 P35 board will do. but that's just me. damage comes to around RM 1k or so. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

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Falcone Official Mascot Creator Join Date: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Kay El, Em Wai Posts: 3,177 Reputation: 1672 Rep Power: 25	Hahaha E8XXX series is way out of my league But thanks for the advise Trin and Goldfries. __________________ I'm a noob, my photos sucks, but if you can live with that... http://www.pumpkinproject.com/ Flickr

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