Digital BW, The Print

Hi Gary,
 
The processor is only part of the equation. For image work the amount of
dram becomes important. If you have to dump part of the job to the hard disk
(virtual memory) it will slow things down significantly. A second disk drive
will speed photoshop up if it needs to use virtual memory and would be a
pretty cheap option or addition. 
 
Not to get into a Ford-Chevy argument, AMD is probably ahead in processor
design at this point and you can't get a machine with an AMD processor from
Dell. The Xeon processor is $$expensive$$ and really intended for servers.
With a 32 bit operating system such as XP it isn't going to make much
difference. If you can swing it I would go for a dual core processor such as
the Pentium D or AMD 64X2. A custom made machine should have a better mother
board and power supply but the other components are the same off the shelf
items any builder would use. For two dimensional work the video system
doesn't need to be a gamer's delight.
 
I have a machine I custom built with high end components and my wife has an
HP with a Pentium. For 90% + of what we use the machines for one can't tell
them apart so far as functionality is concerned. For serious image
processing and printing I use an old dual processor G4 MAC just because that
would run QTR when it wasn't available for the PC and I have been too lazy
to switch to the much faster AMD 64X2 box (plus I dearly love that old Mac
and the OS X operating system).
 
A Dell or HP would make a good solid box with support from a known entity
and a year's guarantee. 
 
My 2 cents worth.
 
Roger
 
 

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Subject: [Digital BW] New PC recommendations


Hello,
I am planning on buying a new PC to use with PS CS2 and an Epson 
R2400  and was looking for recommendations on Processor and memory. I 
want to get something that is fast enough but will not break the bank. 
Dell has Pentium 4 and Pentium D and Xeon. Does anyone have experience 
with these and what speed of processor is necessary? 
Thanks,
Gary W





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