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Weiyang Liu
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Alistair Watson wrote:
More Mac Pro data from me.

Mac Pro, dual quad 2.8s, 10Gb RAM, CS4 in 32-bit mode, the only mode it runs in

time = 5.01

Good to see that you and wlescall have nearly identical times with the similar systems. Confirms to me that the benchmark is more of a cpu test than anything else.

Jul 02, 2009 at 05:12 PM

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Weiyang Liu wrote:
Looks like nobody cares about this kind of stuff eh?

no we are just jealous cause we can't upgrade to an i7 right now!

Jul 02, 2009 at 07:12 PM

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p.2 #3 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

1:10

Commodore 64
64Kb RAM
OVERclocked to 1Mhz

see more details here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System#Technical_specifications

Didn't have Photoshop, so a minute:ten is how long it took for me to pick up the monitor and spin it without dropping it on my foot.

Jul 02, 2009 at 07:35 PM

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p.2 #4 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

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Weiyang Liu wrote:
Looks like nobody cares about this kind of stuff eh?

no we are just jealous cause we can't upgrade to an i7 right now!

It's about $700 for cpu+mobo+fast ram and aftermarket cpu heatsink. That's all you really need to overclock a 920 to over 4.0ghz. This is assuming you have pretty decent ATX power supply from your current system and have a computer case and keyboard and mouse and monitors and graphics cards that you can still reuse. One thing to watchout for is to make sure your computer case has decent air flow or else it might overheat even with an awesome aftermarket heatsink.

Jul 02, 2009 at 08:02 PM

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p.2 #5 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

6:41

Vista 64bit, 8gb ram, Q6600 Core 2 Quad @ 2.4ghz Dell 530 (About $500 from Dell outlet -- pretty good bang for the buck)

Jul 02, 2009 at 08:10 PM

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p.2 #6 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Yes but you'd need over a thousand of them to hold a single image from the D3 in TIFF format. Even my first hard drive (a 33MB Quantum full height 5 1/4") could only store one D3 NEF file at a time.

C64 was too advanced for me, I'm still using my 2MHz Z-80 starter kit from SD Sales with it's whopping 1K of system memory.

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.z80starter.html

Jul 02, 2009 at 08:27 PM

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p.2 #7 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Timgangloff >> not bad. I've seen those Q6600 clock to mid 3+ GHz easy with better cooling. You can probably pull off 6 minutes flat. Although, I'm not sure if Dell motherboards allow overclocking

That's still very good bang for the buck. My buddy bought one 2 years ago and it still works fine, and from your specs, it works at decent speeds too.

Jul 02, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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camey wrote:
C64 was too advanced for me, I'm still using my 2MHz Z-80 starter kit from SD Sales with it's whopping 1K of system memory.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.z80starter.html

I hear ya - my very first computer was a TS-1000 - I still have it...somewhere

Jul 02, 2009 at 11:35 PM

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Hammy wrote:
camey wrote:
C64 was too advanced for me, I'm still using my 2MHz Z-80 starter kit from SD Sales with it's whopping 1K of system memory.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/c.z80starter.html

I hear ya - my very first computer was a TS-1000 - I still have it...somewhere

I got the 16Kb expansion kit, and I remember playing Chess (off cassette tape) on Level 3 and it taking about half an hour for the computer to make a move - I never waited long enough to see how long Level 4-6 took!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_1000

Wish I would have kept mine! And the tape recorder - always took a few tries to load the program with that thing

Jul 03, 2009 at 12:31 AM

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p.2 #10 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Maybe use an existing benchmark, like this one?

http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php

Jul 03, 2009 at 02:05 AM

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p.2 #11 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Core i7 920 2.67 GHz, 12 GB DDR 3 RAM, Vista 64 bit, PS 64 bit = 4 minutes, 41 seconds.

No overclocking.

Jul 03, 2009 at 02:09 AM

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p.2 #12 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Two data points on older hardware:

23:55

Win 7 RC 64, PS CS4-64, Core 2 Duo T5600@1.83GHz, 3.25GB RAM; Dell XPS M1210 laptop

00:00 (Insufficient RAM error)

Win XP Pro SP3, PS CS4-32, Pentium 4 HT @3.4GHz, 3GB RAM; Dell Dimension 8400

Jul 03, 2009 at 12:32 PM

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p.2 #13 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

mmurph wrote:
Maybe use an existing benchmark, like this one?

http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php

I agree, or here is another one:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?b=25

Something that is more realistic to a photoshop user - not just one that is unrealistic and is not a witch hunt and ego boost to tout having a fast system.
This time next year, a 4Ghz i7 will be mainstream.

Jul 03, 2009 at 03:21 PM

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p.2 #14 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

haijak, did you overclock your phenom?
Nope. I've never had much success with overclocking.

Jul 03, 2009 at 07:37 PM

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p.2 #15 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

mmurph wrote:
Maybe use an existing benchmark, like this one?

http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php

I did that one too. Low 163s for total time.

The reason I chose the cpu intensive filter was because the only time where I felt my old system was too slow was CPU intensive filters like noise reduction where it takes like 30 seconds to do the process. Since not everyone have noise reduction software, I thought the photoshop filter I suggested is a good way to test out CPU intensive photoshop filter.

Jul 03, 2009 at 08:03 PM

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Weiyang Liu wrote:The reason I chose the cpu intensive filter was because the only time where I felt my old system was too slow was CPU intensive filters like noise reduction where it takes like 30 seconds to do the process. Since not everyone have noise reduction software, I thought the photoshop filter I suggested is a good way to test out CPU intensive photoshop filter.

It's also an excellent way to test for those of us who don't have a 24MP camera, and don't run filters over 20 layer images. You know, like most of us...

Jul 03, 2009 at 08:08 PM

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p.2 #17 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Q9450 2.66@3.2ghz, 8gb ram, gigabyte p35-dsl3 = 4:51

But I do get great frame rates when I play Left 4 Dead.

Jul 03, 2009 at 09:00 PM

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p.2 #18 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

dan727 wrote:
Q9450 2.66@3.2ghz, 8gb ram, gigabyte p35-dsl3 = 4:51

But I do get great frame rates when I play Left 4 Dead.

, left for dead 4. You definitely have me beat for that. I didn't even buy a new graphics card for this system. Still using a 256mb HD3850 that I bought used a while back for the old system.

Jul 04, 2009 at 12:46 AM

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p.2 #19 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Weiyang Liu wrote:

I did that one too. Low 163s for total time.

Thx! About what they got on the i7 965, with 6GB, overclocked to 4.0 (171)

The actual database is a little sucky. People don't always specify all the details - RAM, etc.

Jul 04, 2009 at 03:28 AM

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p.2 #20 · How fast does photoshop run on your computer?

Weiyang Liu wrote:
dan727 wrote:
Q9450 2.66@3.2ghz, 8gb ram, gigabyte p35-dsl3 = 4:51

But I do get great frame rates when I play Left 4 Dead.

, left for dead 4. You definitely have me beat for that. I didn't even buy a new graphics card for this system. Still using a 256mb HD3850 that I bought used a while back for the old system.

Ouch... not a bad card for most stuff though. I broke down and spent $85 on an ATI 4830. Mainly because it is nearly dead silent... well until I break out left 4 dead and it heats up.

Jul 04, 2009 at 04:52 AM

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