Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not understanding the question... but if it is.. how to make your gaming computer go faster, I am not a gamer.? But the concepts are the same. If you are asking if you can buy a gaming computer to use for LRc, YES,,,, the best overall non-specific choice. I use Classic LR... which is resident on my computer, and thus has no need for a connection to the internet.? LR does.... it is a cloud based application. Updates are done at night... if it takes 1 hour or 1/2 of an hour, my snoring does not suffer. Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com On 7/9/2025 2:50 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > Any thoughts about dedicated gaming computers? With the increased AI in > Adobe products a fast internet helps. > > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 12:10?PM Frank Filippone via LUG<lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> This is a help article.... >> >> My Desktop system is running fine but it is 9 Years old..... My laptop >> is 10 years old... >> >> I decided to try out a new Laptop, about 2 model years old.... >> >> I wondered if they were getting too long in the tooth.... so I made some >> measurements.... >> >> I used a set of 5 images that needed to be stitched. They were put on a >> thumb drive, a new catalog was created, LR was updated to the most >> recent updates. >> >> The results showed that my 9 year old desktop computer was almost >> exactly TWICE AS SLOW as the new laptop. I know that my older Laptop is >> even slower....it is an I5 processor. >> >> To be fair, I am retired, an amateur photographer, which all means that >> time is NOT money.....slow and cheap makes more sense. >> >> Then again, how slow is too slow? >> >> So I started to look at new hardware...... and read a lot of >> articles..... and consulted a lot of AI produced evaluations, all of >> which led to these conclusions..... >> >> No matter what your computer's age, do this to make it go faster.... >> >> MORE RAM!!! RAM is cheap. If your computer can upgrade to 32gb or 48 >> or 64, do it..... Just fill it up. >> >> Have your LR Catalog on a SSD inside your computer. This is a major >> speed improvement. The SSD should NOT be a slower SATA version . >> >> It is fastest to keep your images on internal SSD as well, but depending >> on how many images you have, this may be impractical. >> >> NAS is fast but complex to keep running. Slower is an external USB SSD >> drive, and slower yet is a moving disk USB HDD. >> >> If you are buying a new computer, get an I7 processor (cores matter with >> some operations in LR)..... More cores = Better.... >> >> I9 is more cores and $$$ but reports are that they are not that much >> faster. Stay away form the I5 or I3 processors. >> >> LR uses more cores when it is making previews or exporting >> images.....For single (common) image edits, not at all. >> >> You should select a graphics card with at least 6GB of video ram. >> NVIDIA is apparently more stable than AMD. The Intel graphics solutions >> are workable but if you want to run faster, get the discrete graphics >> card solution. >> >> >> If you wish help, ask me..... >> >> -- Frank FilipponeBMWRed735i at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> Seehttp://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > Seehttp://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information