I've 1.50 GB DDR RAM with an Athlon XP1900+ and have had no problems
working in PS v6 with the largest RAW TIFF files my SS4000 can produce
since switching over a couple of years ago. I've no knowledge of how PS v.7
behaves, though. In general PS has always been a memory hog. I'd guess
photographers put up with it because its raw power and third-party support,
though for many applications Paint Shop Pro is just as good and loads
easier (and faster) to use. Anyway, it could well be that PS 7 is worse
still than v6 with re to memory-management issues.
A general rule for upgrading computer performance for these sorts of tasks
is to place more RAM onboard (if MB will take it) and the fastest possible
at that.
Anyone care to comment on how PS CS (v8) behaves compared to the earlier
versions?
Tris
At 05:43 PM 4/3/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I am processing a lot of my OM-shot images for potential commercial
>use. 48 Mb files are required. My new Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 at
>max resolution is producing files of around 210 Mb, which gives me plenty
>of headroom for cropping. I'm doing most of the work on those files
>before downsampling to the required size. . . and my Athlon XP1700 XP Pro
>box is choking. I've got a gig of SDRAM but most every operation in PS 7
>is taking too long for me to tolerate. I've already got two hard drives to
>satisfy PS scratch file needs and according to the Windows Task Manager
>Performance graph, the problem is long periods of pegged 100% CPU utilization.
>
>The best answer is probably a twin processor Mac G5 but at about 4500 USD
>that isn't an option; at least not until I sell a LOT of those images.
>Probably a new motherboard, an Athlon 3000 or so, and a gig of DDR
>RAM. Any thoughts or recommendations?
>
>By the way, I am very pleased with the performance of the Minolta
>scanner. This is going to keep me film-based a while longer. You can
>read some of the stickers on the pilot's helmets. . . As always with
>Japanese software, the user interface stinks, but I'm learning to find
>things and it does seem to work better than VueScan.
>
>Gary
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