How fast is your computer system for photoshop?

[mobbes]

I am nursing a terminally ill hard disk & it occurred to me that I might have to retire my old friend - a P3 based setup that's given me good service these few years. Unfortunately the D80 & my itchy fingers are generating more bits & bytes than it can handle.

Here's a test that I stumbled upon to see how fast our systems are for photoshopping:

http://www.retouchartists.com/pages/speedtest.html

I for one don't dare to take the test lest it breaks my old friend's back hahaha. Maybe you guys would like to try it.

btw, it seems to me the serious photochoppers out there use a separate hdd as a scratch disk ... wow! And anyone care to enlighten me about RAID disks?

[Freaky]

hmmm... let me download and give it a go...

[mohamadfazli]

done..

I got about 32s

[ShaolinTiger]

18 minutes and 19 seconds.

With my brand new laptop...I guess it's not built for speed ahaha.

BTW separate disk wouldn't be recommended for scratch as the data has to traverse the bus, I think most oft recommended is a separate partition.

[mohamadfazli]

wahliao weih.. that's long!

[mobbes]

18 minutes and 19 seconds.

With my brand new laptop...I guess it's not built for speed ahaha.

BTW separate disk wouldn't be recommended for scratch as the data has to traverse the bus, I think most oft recommended is a separate partition.


wahliao weih.. that's long!

Yeah ST, you're a very patient man! Fuzz yours is way up there with the hardhitters ... what's your setup? btw, on the page I gave you guys, there's a link to other people's times and their configurations. Perhaps y'all who dare take the test could share your configurations?

ST, I was thinking 2x 160gb HDDs - systems go onto one and data to the other. Based on what you said, maybe I should partition the systems hdd - what's a good size for something like win xp. I'm also considering xp pro (damn expensive la) cos it can support >2gb ram (I was told). Can the scratch be on the same partition as photoshop/Gimp?

[ShaolinTiger]

ST, I was thinking 2x 160gb HDDs - systems go onto one and data to the other. Based on what you said, maybe I should partition the systems hdd - what's a good size for something like win xp. I'm also considering xp pro (damn expensive la) cos it can support >2gb ram (I was told). Can the scratch be on the same partition as photoshop/Gimp?

Haha just wanted to test this new laptop, see how bad it was. Wouldn't dare to test the old one.

Yah always partition the HDD, then when you need to reinstall Windows you can just wipe out the partition with the OS and keep all your data intact. I find it better to install some programs on a non-system partition too so I don't lose my Actions etc in Photoshop.

I'd go for 200GB drives now, about the best price per Gig. I'm looking at building a new system, 320GB drives are pretty cheap now :)

XP Pro can support up to 3.5GB of RAM, it's about RM500 right? (OEM Version).

[siew]

Mine at 9 mins 47 secs:(. I am looking to building a new PC soon. I guess it's a good reason to upgrade :D.

BTW, setup is AMD Barton 2600+ + 1GB RAM + Radeon 9200 64MB (2003).

[mohamadfazli]

mine...

4GB RAM with 2 X Dual Core 3.0Ghz Xeon

2 X 500GB Scratch Disks (2 piece of scratch disk)..

:))

[mobbes]

Mine at 9 mins 47 secs:(. I am looking to building a new PC soon. I guess it's a good reason to upgrade :D.

BTW, setup is AMD Barton 2600+ + 1GB RAM + Radeon 9200 64MB (2003).
Thanks for feedback Siew. What are you looking at?

mine...

4GB RAM with 2 X Dual Core 3.0Ghz Xeon

2 X 500GB Scratch Disks (2 piece of scratch disk)..

:))
Hoooo wahhhhhh! No sh*t!

Yours a Mac or PC? But but ST mentioned something about going across a bus? Do you have a 3rd disk ie are those two dedicated scratch disks? And are you running CS3? What operating system? I wonder how your system will handle Nikon's NX (the raw thingy)

My friend told me to look at the Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 - performance on a budget apparently. Anyone has any opinion on this one?

[mohamadfazli]

me running mac :p

Not dedicated scratch disk, but my mac has 3 internal hard disks inside.

1 primary hard disk, and 2 more scratches... He he..

Kinda powerful actually, but still slow during video editing..

[qqmeng]

me running mac :p

Not dedicated scratch disk, but my mac has 3 internal hard disks inside.

1 primary hard disk, and 2 more scratches... He he..

Kinda powerful actually, but still slow during video editing..

still slow???... hmm... whats silicon graphic ah? :D

[ckchowov]

I dun have Photoshop CS...so no need to test...hehe...

[moshpit21]

i wanted to try it out, downloaded it and i didnt proceed as the guide for the setting was confusing me.. :D

-peace-

[Freaky]

1min 16seconds...

[mobbes]

1min 16seconds...
Not bad, freeaky! Your config?

[Freaky]

Me using...
G5 Powermac
Dual 2.0Ghz
4GB RAM
160GB HD & 320GB HD

[mobbes]

1 min 30 secs on my new budget system. core2duo e2140, 2mb ram, 2x 160Gb hdd

[Darren Tan]

Is 2 Minute too slow? :redface:

[ShaolinTiger]

1 Minute 4 seconds, pretty different from my old system :D

[Freaky]

wah ST got new supercharged machine... :P

[mobbes]

Waahhh the tiger's sprinting now ... what's your config? Put a tiger in your tank ah? :)

[ShaolinTiger]

C2D 2.66Mhz Conroe (E6750)
Asus P5K-V Motherboard
Asus 256MB EN8600GT
3GB 667 DDR2 RAM
320GB x2 SATA Drives

Sweet!

[siew]

ST has a new tiger powered rig :D!

There are some resources here on processors' speed http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=882&model2=873&chart=437

[Mavik]

C2D 2.66Mhz Conroe (E6750)
Asus P5K-V Motherboard
Asus 256MB EN8600GT
3GB 667 DDR2 RAM
320GB x2 SATA Drives

Sweet!

What is your RAM config? Are you using 3 sticks of 1Gb RAM or a 2Gb RAM and a 1Gb RAM stick?

[ShaolinTiger]

What is your RAM config? Are you using 3 sticks of 1Gb RAM or a 2Gb RAM and a 1Gb RAM stick?

3 1GB of course so I can run Dual Channel on 1st and 3rd slot.

[noruazumi]

C2D 2.66Mhz Conroe (E6750)
Asus P5K-V Motherboard
Asus 256MB EN8600GT
3GB 667 DDR2 RAM
320GB x2 SATA Drives

you lucky *tuuuuuuut*! hahaha...
nice setup. how much is the damage?

[ShaolinTiger]

you lucky *tuuuuuuut*! hahaha...
nice setup. how much is the damage?

No lucky, I been eating maggi for past 3 months to buy this....I can't stand procesing RAW on my existing setup haha.

Total damage was around RM2700 plus I got some new Logitech Z-2300 speakers, so all together around RM3200.

[zique]

Just had mine tested.
Running on a pathetic 6min 32.60sec :(

System is a
Compaq Presario A3000 notebook
AMD Turio64x2 with 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD and an nVidia Graphic Card.

[mohamadfazli]

i just implemented striping on 2 of my hard disk..

so now.. i have..

Main disk - 250GB
Data Disk - 1TB (based on Striped 2 X500)
Scratch (250GB and 750GB) hard disk..

Hmmm... hard disk seems to be the slow bit now.. grrrr... mebbe scsi would help..

[siew]

C2D 2.33Mhz Conroe E6550, 2GB RAM, 320GB SATA2 - 1 min 4 seconds :D

[mobbes]

Wah, Siew ... as faast as the tiger leh :D. If you don't mind me asking, what's the damage / prices like these days?

[siew]

Wah, Siew ... as faast as the tiger leh :D. If you don't mind me asking, what's the damage / prices like these days?

Abt RM2,200 for the CPU. Total damage abt RM3,600 including CPU, keyboard mse, surge protector + LCD.

[krazie fishie]

was going thru the forum looking for computing setup and chanced upon this thread... well.. might as well add here rather than starting a new thread...

I am looking to upgrade my CPU at home... with the current CPU i have, even rotating a picture takes a lifetime.. dare not install anything on it...

Just wondering wat kinda specs i should be looking for? I know that photo editing eats up a lot of space and energy so I am looking for something that might be able to last me for about 2-3 years before needing to upgrade...

looking for something in the region of rm 2k- 2.5k. Nothing too fancy...

any recommendation guy?

thanx...

[edward chan]

PS CS3
xp home sp2
pentium 4 cpu 2.66 ghz
2 gig ddr2 ram
40 gb sata h/disk
nvidia px8600 GT display card

Results: 2 min 30 secs

Need help to improve time:-

Will partitioning my existing 40gb sata hard disk for "scratch disks" purpose help?

Will my speed improve if I get another new hard disk and allocate the "scratch disks" to use that new drive?

Many thanks

[ShaolinTiger]

Maybe upgrade to 3GB RAM, a seperate hard disk might help. But you don't really need much scratch disk unless you're resizing/interpolating to large size.

[edward chan]

Maybe upgrade to 3GB RAM, a seperate hard disk might help. But you don't really need much scratch disk unless you're resizing/interpolating to large size.

noted, yup 3 gb is the max that xp home can id , what a waste if i put in 2 pcs of DDR2