Gil_W wrote: sjms wrote:
you are joking right!?. the support for 64 bit for one is a big plus as in unlimiting the memory allocation. in addition to finally supporting the use of the GPU in most circumstances (depending on your video card that is) unloads the CPU to do other functions faster like image rotation, zoom in/out and a lot more pixel level surgury. here is where having a upper end video card has its advantages other then high end video games games. i have a single nvidia 9800GT and life just got kicked up a notch at the screen. if $190 after 18 months is a big thing i suggest a more subdued hobby like marble collecting and even that can get pricey too.
for me its a write off
Some of us just don\'t have the gear you have nor want to upgrade hardware for just zooming and rotating.
I have a 250 card on my laptop and 512 on my desktop and am lucky I can take advantage of the open GL. Some people will not want to upgrade hardware for those features. The OP was mainly talking about updated software features I believe. The zoom and rotating features are cute, but I don\'t see them as a major
time saver or upgrade, perhaps in your situation they are. It\'s a good upgrade but IMHO not major unless you do 3D.
Disclaimer: my main editing software is LR.
Gil
P.S. Strange thing, my laptop had problems with the openGL right after installation, but has worked great with no problems since. Cured itself I guess.
its just a bit more then zooming and rotating. its the pixel processing itself.
Oct 19, 2008 at 11:39 PM
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