Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg and Jeffery, I'd like to make a couple of suggestions. Firstly, if you can have one machine just for Photoshop, separately from your day to day, it is ideal. The less "helpful" progs running at the same time the better. Any of the Intel dual core or core duo CPU's should work well. 2GB of DDRII RAM running dual channel. (that is buy a matched set) Big SATA hard drives (ridiculously cheap these days). A separate hard drive just for your scratch disk. A Sony or Panasonic for example 16x DVD burner. Don't worry about super performance from a video card. All of that big piles of memory and super GPU's are largely for games (3D)performance. Get one that supports two DVI outputs so you can dual monitor if you want. I'd suggest a decent brand. NVIDIA make a lot of good chipsets which many makers use. Radeon also, however I have no personal experience there. A good monitor, as big as you can afford. Widescreen is good a lot of extra work area for menus etc beside the pic window. Two monitors is better again. Dell have good prices when on specials. I have their 24" widescreen (Samsung LCD). OK well see if that makes sense, and other LUG folk will add to my note, I'm sure. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of GREG LORENZO Sent: Thursday, 23 November 2006 12:43 To: Leica Users Group LUG Subject: [Leica] OT - Best PC Setup for Photoshop Question Time to upgrade my desktop PC. Processor speed, RAM or ? What is the most important aspect to improved performance when running Photoshop. I don't want a Mac as I have some business applications which are not Mac friendly. Greg J. Lorenzo Calgary, Alberta _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information