p.5 #2 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
The test suggested is a pretty narrow one. It measures processing speed almost exclusively (and only in relation to one set of algorythms in Photoshop). The results show this clearly with dual processors leaving single processors in the dust and memory having little effect. A more balanced test would use several different kinds of functions in Photoshop and would incorporate many layers, a large history, and to emphasize the results, a very large file size. There are standard Photoshop tests, but one could construct a complex Action and distribute it as a test to be performed on a specific image to give a more comprehensive comparison than is shown here. I don't want to be discouraging to the present effort though - a very good idea.
p.5 #8 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
I'll play ---
53 sec
Dell Dimension 8200 (this is a single P IV processor machine, of course), 1.7 GHz, 1 GB ram, Win 2000 Pro.
Interesting....I thought the Macs would run away with this. Adobe must be doing serious optimizing with the Windows version.
Bert
p.5 #9 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Hi...I just joined the forum and this is my first post. Kinda fortuitous since I just finished building my new system and was wondering how well it would work with photoshop. I'm running Photoshop version 6 and windows 2000. Salient components are an Intel 875 motherboard, 3 mhz P4, 2 gig Corsair matched DDR memory, and Nvidia 6800GT video card. I ran the test twice and followed the instructions exactly...it completed in between 4.5 and 5 seconds both times.
p.5 #11 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Well, I'm running Windows 2000 because that's what I want to run. Same goes for Photoshp 6...it's all I need at this point and I don't see a need to move to CS. All that aside though, am I missing something? If the point of the test was to see how fast it would run it seems to me that should be the criteria used to determine the test results. No doubt CS will do more and no doubt XP is a more modern (bloated?) OS but the results of the test speak for itself if the criteria is in fact the speed of completing the test. If you are suggesting that I should go to CS and XP in order to load up the system and therefore incur a performance penalty, that seems to me to be going in the wrong direction. Perhaps in the future if I need a capability that my current setup can't provide, then it would make sense to consider an upgrade. (BTW...I run XP at work and frankly I just like 2000 better) What am I missing?
p.5 #12 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Well, I'm running Windows 2000 because that's what I want to run. Same goes for Photoshp 6...it's all I need at this point and I don't see a need to move to CS. All that aside though, am I missing something? If the point of the test was to see how fast it would run it seems to me that should be the criteria used to determine the test results. No doubt CS will do more and no doubt XP is a more modern (bloated?) OS but the results of the test speak for itself if the criteria is in fact the speed of completing the test. If you are suggesting that I should go to CS and XP in order to load up the system and therefore incur a performance penalty, that seems to me to be going in the wrong direction. Perhaps in the future if I need a capability that my current setup can't provide, then it would make sense to consider an upgrade. (BTW...I run XP at work and frankly I just like 2000 better) What am I missing?
p.5 #13 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
ok works for me, whatever floats ur boat!
As far as the test, the filters in cs are more complicated than the ones in 6.0 so unfortunatly your 4.5 and 5 sec times don't exactly apply. Although based on several other people's specs of computers compaired to yours I am guessing yours would have a very decent time. Better than mine for sure.
p.5 #14 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
I did fail to mention is that this version of the P4 is running in hyperthread mode essentially making it a dual processor system so that is no doubt helping.
For a given function, are the algorithms used to perform the function basically the same in CS as 6? I suspect speed of execution wouldn't change that much unless there was a huge difference. Has anyone ever said that the results in CS for a given function are of higher quality than earlier versions?
p.5 #15 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Yea hyperthreading is nice. Kind of the mid between a real Xeon chip and the regular p4 these days.
On the photoshop thing from what I've heard, since the older versions of ps came out there were new algorithms developed to work with much higher resolution images. Granted, the old photoshop versions are capable of filtering the same resolutions but if you did a side by side comparison the cs filtered image (in theory) would be much higher quality. I don't know how much but I am guessing that the "best" in 6 is around where the "good" in cs where my system produces a time only a fraction of the original.
Now if anyone knows if any of this is true lemmie know! I don't want to sound like the know it all who knows nothing!
I do know that between cs and 7 there are no differences in filters, cs was just more like a revamp of 7... But I do know that there were many changes from 6 to 7.
p.5 #17 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
xwray wrote:
Hi...I just joined the forum and this is my first post. Kinda fortuitous since I just finished building my new system and was wondering how well it would work with photoshop. I'm running Photoshop version 6 and windows 2000. Salient components are an Intel 875 motherboard, 3 mhz P4, 2 gig Corsair matched DDR memory, and Nvidia 6800GT video card. I ran the test twice and followed the instructions exactly...it completed in between 4.5 and 5 seconds both times.
Looks like I've got a hummer...
Jim,
Wil all due respect you're doing something wrong. I have almost the same config and I'm getting 46 sec which matches more or less similar configurations.
Make sure you go thru all these steps:
Open image in Photoshop and resize "Width" to 2000px, the "Height" will change automatically, then click "OK".
Click "Filter - Blur - Radial Blur".
Set "Amount" to 100. Then select "Spin" and "Best".
Do not forget again to select "Best", if you choose lower, the processing time will be shorter and you will not believe speedness of your system ).
p.5 #18 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
Gfiksel...you are absolutely correct...I had failed to increase the size so was operating on the smaller picture. I don't know how I missed that since I read the instructions twice. Thanks for pointing out the error. Now, I get results more in line with what others have been posting - 59 seconds. I was beginning to think that PS 6 must not be doing something right since it was looking like that was the difference between my number and those running CS and therefore PS6 is running faster because it must not be working with an "equivalent" algorithm.
p.5 #20 · Let us testing Photoshop speed in our system
The first time I did the test it took a long time, maybe 10 minutes or so, but I forgot to press the stopwatch button. So I repeated the experiment by clicking undo and then redo. It was almost instantaneous. So I guess my computer is the slowest and the fastest.
I can't stand the os, xp pro is a huge leap in progress as far as windows is concerned in my humble opinion.......
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