Mike Russell <groupsRE@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:13:39 +0200, Bernard Cordier wrote:
>
> > My daughter uses Photoshop CS2 with a A5 Wacom pen tablet. She draws
large
> > images like 6000 * 6000 px or more.
>
> Not totally unreasonable, though memory use can escalate rapidly if she
> uses layers and masks. I would try to talk her into a tiny 3K x 3K
image,
> followed by a resize up to her final desired dimensions.
>
> > Her PC is a Dell Dimension 5150 with a
> > 2.4 GHZ processor and 2 GO RAM, which sounds comfortable enough to me.
> > However, working in that conditions turns out to be very slow. What
would be
> > the necessary power to work with comfort on a very large image with
> > Photoshop?
>
> Odds are the disk light is fla****ng during this sluggishness, so the
first
> place to start is memory. Start by adjusting Photoshop's memory slider
to
> 70 percent or more. I wouldn't be surprised if your unit came with four
> 512 MB sticks, which will all need to be replaced (sell them on eBay).
> Upgrade to 4 GB. At current memory prices, four 1GB sticks is between
$150
> and $210 at www.satech.com . You'll get some benefit going to 3GB, but
you
> won't directly use all four gigs of memory unless you go to XP pro (and
use
> the /3GB boot.ini switch, or Vista.
Hmmm what kind of memory are you talking about?
Desktop DDR
http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=147&name=Desktop-Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=17&name=Memory
> A faster drive will help with startup time, but it is not a replacement
for
> more memory. An internal SATA drive for swap and images, or a USB2 or
> firewire external will help in this regard. For even more performance,
go
> to RAID with multiple internal drives. Keep in mind this is mainly
starup,
> not so much performance during a draw operation.
>
> It's conceivable, but unlikely, that a faster video card will help.
Maybe
> someone else will chime in on that one.
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