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| Thread ID: 113807 | 2010-11-04 21:17:00 | Is this desktop PC suitable for photography ? | Misty (368) | Press F1 |
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| 1150414 | 2010-11-04 21:17:00 | I seem to have worked out the monitor for my needs (with advice from autechre), but now the rest of the system. This one from PB Technology, to my untrained eye, seems to be good. Don't really want to spend much more. PB 1269 UP box , I5 760 , P55 Board 4G DDR3 RAM, 1TB HDD, ATI 4850 1G Video card At least I know that the RAM is really good and the size of the hard drive plenty (even though I shoot in RAW). The 1G Video card sounds good to me for photography. But I am not really sure if that is correct. Your advice will be gratefully received ! Misty :help: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1150415 | 2010-11-04 21:20:00 | I do not know what is needed for a graphics card to do with your usage but the one on that list is fairly low end. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1150416 | 2010-11-04 21:37:00 | I suggest a read of this thread regarding GPU for Photoshop pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1150417 | 2010-11-04 21:42:00 | What exactly are you going to be using it for? It's overkill for simply storing photos. So I'll assume you're going to be doing some sort of photo editing. Assuming you're going to use Windows 7 64-bit, that will be fine for moderate photo editing work. I assume you'll use Photoshop CS5. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1150418 | 2010-11-04 22:20:00 | For a comparsion, I am using a Toshiba Pro L100 I think it is, not on it right now to check, but that has 4gb of ram, twin core, not sure about the graphic's but could be 512. I can process couple hundred raw files without any issue's though I use NX2 rather than photoshop. It fair zips through the processing and saving of finished files, no lag between switching between selected files. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1150419 | 2010-11-04 23:34:00 | What exactly are you going to be using it for? It's overkill for simply storing photos. So I'll assume you're going to be doing some sort of photo editing. Assuming you're going to use Windows 7 64-bit, that will be fine for moderate photo editing work. I assume you'll use Photoshop CS5. Hi inphinity Will be doing photo editing in Photoshop Elements 8. Sorry, I should have highlighted that to you and the others. So the demands won't be as big as that needed for Creative Suite ! Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 1150420 | 2010-11-05 11:33:00 | If you want to do photography might I suggest a camera rather than a computer? :lol: The system you posted first looks pretty OK I think. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1150421 | 2010-11-05 21:43:00 | If you want to do photography might I suggest a camera rather than a computer? :lol: The system you posted first looks pretty OK I think. Aha - you don't understand at all! What we used to spend on darkroom gear, we now spend on computers and software. :clap:clap Much cheaper going digital! And that's after we upgrade our cameras, lenses, get up to date with all the absolutely essential accessories.... :devil |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 1150422 | 2010-11-05 22:02:00 | Aha - you don't understand at all! What we used to spend on darkroom gear, we now spend on computers and software . :clap:clap Much cheaper going digital! And that's after we upgrade our cameras, lenses, get up to date with all the absolutely essential accessories . . . . :devil Depends how you look at it . :D Digital needs IT investment and over time . If you get a new camera the one version old Photoshop (and many other) software may not support your new camera's RAW files . So when upgrading cameras, you may need to upgrade software incl some Photoshop plugins, some refuse to work in the newer Photoshop . And not forget that with digital people get more into it and as a result invest more . They are more happy to upgrade more freq . Then when you have a more demanding camera you may need a larger and better screen and a faster computer and larger and more HDs for backup . Even though some professionals in the past have used a 6MP and printed 30x20" . There are so many improvements over time, some find ways to upgrade when it's not essential . These days with digital it is able to be the jack of all trades . You can look into all calibration and even getting your own printer that does fine art paper that even pro's tend to print inhouse . And again, as new printers are released they upgrade without a regard to think about if my $1,500 printer was wisely invested in terms of the amount of prints I made . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1150423 | 2010-11-05 23:12:00 | what monitor did you decide on getting? | utopian201 (6245) | ||
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