p.16 #4 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Ok, I was screwing around with my winXP page file to see if I could get a little performance boost by making it smaller, so I started the following items to get an idea of peak usage with a page file console report running...
Photoshop with two 150MB multilayer files open along with the test file.
Task manager with update speed on high
Firefox with six tabs open
Admin console for the page file usage watch
Canon DPP
C1SE - batch processing files
PowerDVD running a concert DVD
Plus all the other nonsense the runs in the background on the computer
71 seconds fastest in test
91 seconds slowest
vs 49 seconds without anything except photoshop running the test.
The DVD did not play smoothly by the way
p.16 #5 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Jerry Hofmann wrote:
18 seconds.... dual G5 2 gig Mac with 2.5 gigs RAM, and 9800Pro card. I'll wager a guess that when Tiger ships (next OS for Mac) in the first half of 2005, this speed will probably be nearly halved. Of course Photoshop will have to be rewritten for this 64 bit OS... figure another few months for that too. This test was done with Photoshop CS.
Jerry
Edited by Jerry Hofmann on Dec 27, 2004 at 07:37 AM GMT
Why would you think a 64-bit OS will make this twice as fast? You think that the OS and Photoshop don't already use 64-bit math? If you're lucky, you might see 10-15 percent, or you might not see any change at all. If I give you a bigger dictionary, you don't talk any faster, but you do have more words (2^64) at your disposal.
p.16 #8 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
62 seconds
P4 3.0 Ghz single processor
2GB DDR2700 RAM
Windows XP Pro
ATI Radeon Pro 9800
Open programs. This forum, Outlook, and PowerDVD. Watching a movie too
UPDATE: I Created a macro for the whole shebang, it only took me 43 seconds when I did that. I think possibly the lag is me reading the instructions while I did them.
p.16 #10 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
jmrickerby wrote:
Why would you think a 64-bit OS will make this twice as fast? You think that the OS and Photoshop don't already use 64-bit math? If you're lucky, you might see 10-15 percent, or you might not see any change at all. If I give you a bigger dictionary, you don't talk any faster, but you do have more words (2^64) at your disposal.
Jason
I dunno...Jerry Hoffman is no slouch when it comes to computers. I remember him from my days over at the Apple forums and final cut pro. The guy basically IS apple final cut pro support. Maybe he's not right here, but I'm inclined to think he knows what he's talking about considering his impressive credentials.
p.16 #13 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Built a new computer, decided to retry the test:
70 seconds - no overclocking on computer
New computer: Athlon64 3000 w/ 6600GT video card, Asus A8V deluxe motherboard (socket 939) with Via chipset & 1 Gig of Ram (same RAM as earlier test on Barton 2500 w/ MSI motherboard using Nvidia Nforce2 chipset)
