Z
Zealot
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Hi,
My father is a professional wedding photographer, and recently got a 6 Mega-Pixel Nikon camera. Right now he has a Dell 1.8GHz P4 with 256MB of PC800 RDRAM running WinXP Pro. He says that his redraw times take too long when he is processing the photo's, and has asked me to look around for another computer for him. He tells me that he is using photoshop, and whatever the software is for getting the pics off his camera. Now I am a computer tech, so I know a bit about computers, but I couldn't draw flies with my son's used diaper.
What I would like to know, is what should I concentrate on to get the computer to perform for him? How much RAM can Photoshop handle before getting diminishing returns? Is the fastest processor worth it for him, or should I get last month's processor? Is RDRAM worth the money over DDR SDRAM? How about multi-processor systems, does Photoshop support them? And would it be better to get something with hyperthreading? Do either AMD or Intel have advantages beyond raw speed? Are there any graphics cards that help to process pictures? I guess what I am looking for is bang for the buck, which parts have it and which don't in relation to Photoshop.
And one last related question, are there any guides to optimizing a PC for Photoshop? Like I said, this is for my dad, so I don't need to know how to operate it, just get his machine to show some love.
Thanks,
Z
My father is a professional wedding photographer, and recently got a 6 Mega-Pixel Nikon camera. Right now he has a Dell 1.8GHz P4 with 256MB of PC800 RDRAM running WinXP Pro. He says that his redraw times take too long when he is processing the photo's, and has asked me to look around for another computer for him. He tells me that he is using photoshop, and whatever the software is for getting the pics off his camera. Now I am a computer tech, so I know a bit about computers, but I couldn't draw flies with my son's used diaper.
What I would like to know, is what should I concentrate on to get the computer to perform for him? How much RAM can Photoshop handle before getting diminishing returns? Is the fastest processor worth it for him, or should I get last month's processor? Is RDRAM worth the money over DDR SDRAM? How about multi-processor systems, does Photoshop support them? And would it be better to get something with hyperthreading? Do either AMD or Intel have advantages beyond raw speed? Are there any graphics cards that help to process pictures? I guess what I am looking for is bang for the buck, which parts have it and which don't in relation to Photoshop.
And one last related question, are there any guides to optimizing a PC for Photoshop? Like I said, this is for my dad, so I don't need to know how to operate it, just get his machine to show some love.
Thanks,
Z