p.12 #1 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Hi flappie. It may well be the scratch disc setup, not sure. But I have absolutely nothing running in the background except for my firewall (Outpost) when I use PShop or any other program, and I keep this system well maintained (constantly empty temp folders, defrag with Diskeeper every few days, etc.). I also have all the XP eye candy turned off, and have unneccessary services disabled. I bought this system about 3 months ago, and I've been extremely pleased with the performance.
Running XP Home w/ all updates EXCEPT service pack 2, same video card as you have.
Here's a site with some good info about background services: http://www.overclockersclub.com/guides/windows_xp_services.php
Read carefully, and I'm sure you'll find a bunch of services you don't need that are running in the background. May/should give you a bit better performance overall.
HTH
Jack
p.12 #7 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Time 2 min. 22 sec.
System Info:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 8.0 (8.0x118)
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 5.1 Service Pack 2
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:15, Model:1, Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Processor speed: 1694 MHz
Built-in memory: 767 MB
Free memory: 450 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 698 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 50 %
Image cache levels: 4
Use image cache for histograms: No
Based on this information, is there anything I can do to speed up my Photoshop operation?
p.12 #9 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
skasol wrote:
54 sec
Amd 64 3000
1gb of corsair 3200 cas 2.0
400gb HD 8mb
Radeon 9800xt
Not bad, and I wanted to upgrade for a mac, I'll think I stay pc, just add more memory. planning on buying the FX 55.
Edited by skasol on Dec 19, 2004 at 05:16 PM GMT
Wow...my dual 867 Mac came in just a second slower. You sure yours isn't slowed down for some reason? I'd think a 64bit AMD 3000 would beat mine by more than 1 second.
However, does make me happy with my 2 year old machine!
This is my "gaming system", I use Mac for photography.
As I already posted above, my G5 1.8 GHz single processor takes 65 sec while my PowerBook 12" G4 1 GHz takes 110 sec.
Those Dual G5 are quite impressive...!
This is my "gaming system", I use Mac for photography.
As I already posted above, my G5 1.8 GHz single processor takes 65 sec while my PowerBook 12" G4 1 GHz takes 110 sec.
Those Dual G5 are quite impressive...!
Marco
wow...again, I'm quite pleased with my dual 867. I just can't help but wonder if I'm doing something wrong or if my system is just that fast? Faster than PC 3+ ghz, 1.8ghz G5s? Maybe its all the RAM I have?
p.12 #20 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Yeah I figured after 20 pages of replies I'd throw mine into the mix. I would almost bet that the two versions use the same routines for something as common as blurring. It also seemed like my nubmers fell in the right range for similar systems.
Believe me if I had PS CS I would have used it. But at least I pointed out that I wasn't using it.
