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| 354400 | 2005-05-12 10:50:00 | Then, what are the critical components in this case? cpu, ram, ram, ram, ram, fast hdd big hard drive One would presume he will be using the likes of photoshop, indesign My g4 at work has only a 64mb video card in it, and it's fine, just fill the bugger with ram. |
plod (107) | ||
| 354401 | 2005-05-12 11:38:00 | cpu, ram, ram, ram, ram, fast hdd big hard drive One would presume he will be using the likes of photoshop, indesign My g4 at work has only a 64mb video card in it, and it's fine, just fill the bugger with ram. Pretty much sims it up :thumbs: If he really, really, really is looking for a high end grahics workstation then nVidia pro graphics mcp board with the Quadro FX video, like the stuff here (www.nvidia.com). Pricey though, Asus skt 939 nForce 4 deluxe, AMD FX55 CPU, 2GB RAM (2x1GB), 2 200GB Seagate SATA drives (you can RAID them on that board) and a 6600GT PCI express video card will put you back the best part of $2.8K. Swap a Quadro FX for the 6600 and add another $400 to $2000 :eek: Just dreaming while I was adding that up, got a bit carried away. Otherwise, a reasonable card and as plod has said heaps of RAM. A fast CPU that handles graphics well on a motherboard that can utilise all that RAM helps alot too. In which case I would go AMD socket 939 (or even an skt 940 for Opteron & FX CPU's) with a 64bit CPU as fast as he can afford. Spend the money on quality innards, including PSU if needed, he can add more drives in RAID, upgrade video or even bump up the CPU later, if he's got a reasonably modern board and socket. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 354402 | 2005-05-12 12:04:00 | Is photoshop on windows optimised for 64bit?perfect solution (store.apple.co.nz) | plod (107) | ||
| 354403 | 2005-05-12 12:15:00 | How is spend more for a lesser system that has no upgrade path a perfect solution? I must be missing something.... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 354404 | 2005-05-12 12:21:00 | How is spend more for a lesser system that has no upgrade path a perfect solution? I must be missing something.... yes you are missing something. Lesser how, oh thats right clock speed is lower, but does that make it a lesser system. He's after a graphic artist machine, well the imac is perfect for that. If you take your blinders off Metla you might be able to see what your missing. |
plod (107) | ||
| 354405 | 2005-05-12 12:25:00 | Im not in the concerned with the clockspeed, though an answer a bit better then take your blinders off would be apreciated. Please elaborate how your more expensive machine with no upgrade path and less performance would be a better buy?, apart from the fact that you just love macs to peieces and want the world to own them. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 354406 | 2005-05-12 12:42:00 | why is it a lesser machine, what would you like to upgrade on it? The graphic artists I know don;t upgrade there machines every 6 months. Infact the newest machine their have would be 18 months old, when they get a new machine they simply get rid of there oldest which would be about four years old. He has stated his intention for what the machine is for, which is not gaming or cad , but for graohic design and photo editing which i presume photoshop would be used, and indesign. Your specialty is gaming and speed for the cheapest price, mine is in the printing and graphic arts, so what i state is not only my opinion but based on a little bit of knowledge, Adobe are tweaking there products to take advantage of the 64 bit os found in the mac. Sorry about the blinders comment |
plod (107) | ||
| 354407 | 2005-05-12 12:50:00 | I can build a machine specificly designed for any task,and I don't work to the cheapest anything,but aim for value for dollar . Quality is always a large part of the equation . Pity you failed to give any reason why a lesser performing machine thats more expensive would be the perfect solution though, Adobe "tweak" their products to run as well as possible for every platform they run on . As to what would need to be upgraded? The ram for a start,and the HD's,and are those machines the ones that have the entire comp built into the screen? What happens if the screen develops a fault? any how, I am more then willing to accept a 4 year old mac as a donation so I can be enligtened, :nerd: I leave this thread now, rather then retread everything we have been over for the last 2 months . . . . :thumbs: |
Metla (12) | ||
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