I am looking for a solution for a friend that runs their own photography studio. They are complaining of the computer being slow when running Photoshop. The pc has an ASUS M5A88-M MB with Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU. It also has 1 stick of Mushkin 4GB PC3-10666 memory. I am not familiar with how system intensive Photoshop software can be as I have no experience with either but I do build pc's and would think that a better GPU would be required? Could someone enlighten me? Thanks.
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you need lots of system memory to edit pictures, I have 24 gigs but after I edit 10 pictures my photo editing software warns me that I need to save those 10 pictures as I am running out of memory. a better graphics card would also help your friend along with a IPS monitor which I also use as it gives true color display of your photos which is a must if your going to edit photos correctly.
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Looks like this motherboard only supports a max of 16GB do you think that would make a drastic difference?
Thank you for the speedy response. So the first thing would be to upgrade the memory. Do you feel the video upgrade is a must?Originally Posted by jlhawn
you need lots of system memory to edit pictures, I have 24 gigs but after I edit 10 pictures my photo editing software warns me that I need to save those 10 pictures as I am running out of memory. a better graphics card would also help your friend along with a IPS monitor which I also use as it gives true color display of your photos which is a must if your going to edit photos correctly.
Looks like this motherboard only supports a max of 16GB do you think that would make a drastic difference?
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my Canon dslr makes large picture files due to the settings I use on my camera and because it is a pro series dslr, and yes I really think a new gpu would help. I don't know much about AMD cpu's or their gpu's but I do know that integrated graphics is never the best choice.
I am sure you know this but make sure they have a 64bit operating system that will accept and use the 16gb of memory.
I run Corel Photo Shop Pro, if you needed to know..
yes 16gb would make a big difference, the use of memory for photo editing also depends on how large of a file the camera creates for the picture.Originally Posted by Jswerve
Thank you for the speedy response. So the first thing would be to upgrade the memory. Do you feel the video upgrade is a must?
Looks like this motherboard only supports a max of 16GB do you think that would make a drastic difference?
my Canon dslr makes large picture files due to the settings I use on my camera and because it is a pro series dslr, and yes I really think a new gpu would help. I don't know much about AMD cpu's or their gpu's but I do know that integrated graphics is never the best choice.
I am sure you know this but make sure they have a 64bit operating system that will accept and use the 16gb of memory.
I run Corel Photo Shop Pro, if you needed to know..
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Makes sense and I am sure she is using a very high resolution. I agree 100% integrated graphics never a good thing. What would be a solid card that won't be overkill?Originally Posted by jlhawn
I forgot to mention that while you edit photos they are stored in your system memory until you save them. this is why their system is running slow with 4 gig of system memory.
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doesn't need a power cable from the power supply.
don't forget a good IPS (in plane switching) monitor, I got a nice LG 27inch on sale at new egg for 200 bucks.
here is a link to the graphics card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487027
it sounds like she is not a big gamer the linked gpu would work good, and will also play a few newer games if need be and the cost is low and itOriginally Posted by Jswerve
Makes sense and I am sure she is using a very high resolution. I agree 100% integrated graphics never a good thing. What would be a solid card that won't be overkill?
doesn't need a power cable from the power supply.
don't forget a good IPS (in plane switching) monitor, I got a nice LG 27inch on sale at new egg for 200 bucks.
here is a link to the graphics card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487027
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No games it's for photoshop and Lightroom software. Thanks for the info.Originally Posted by jlhawn
it sounds like she is not a big gamer the linked gpu would work good, and will also play a few newer games if need be and the cost is low and it
doesn't need a power cable from the power supply.
don't forget a good IPS (in plane switching) monitor, I got a nice LG 27inch on sale at new egg for 200 bucks.
here is a link to the graphics card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487027
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If you're using photoshop then a nvidia gpu is what you want because adobe applications utilise CUDA cores.
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Photoshop CS6 uses OpenCL, not CUDA. What version do they use?
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I forgot to mention that I have 2 ssd's and 2 hdd's, one ssd is operating system the other ssd is my photo editing software and pictures, my 2 hdd's are picture storage and backup and my games.
then I have a external hdd to backup everything. I also backup my pictures on DVD and put in a fire proof safe. some say I'm weird for the DVD backup but I would hate to lose my pictures.
+1 on this.Originally Posted by ozlay
memory is needed most but also a good gpu and also an ssd is a good option you dont need a massive ssd if just using as a scratch disc![smile.gif]()
I forgot to mention that I have 2 ssd's and 2 hdd's, one ssd is operating system the other ssd is my photo editing software and pictures, my 2 hdd's are picture storage and backup and my games.
then I have a external hdd to backup everything. I also backup my pictures on DVD and put in a fire proof safe. some say I'm weird for the DVD backup but I would hate to lose my pictures.
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Does anyone have knowledge about Lightroom software? She uses that frequently as well not sure if it has any particular requirements?
I've already talked to her about upgrading to SSD for all OS installs in the future. For this particular build I am going to go with a mild video card upgrade and put the max allotted RAM in which is 16GB in this case. Thank you all for the great advice.Originally Posted by ozlay
memory is needed most but also a good gpu and also an ssd is a good option you dont need a massive ssd if just using as a scratch disc![smile.gif]()
Does anyone have knowledge about Lightroom software? She uses that frequently as well not sure if it has any particular requirements?
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are you going with the GTX 750 as I suggested? I think for the money and what her system is for it is a good choice.
which version of Lightroom?Originally Posted by Jswerve
I've already talked to her about upgrading to SSD for all OS installs in the future. For this particular build I am going to go with a mild video card upgrade and put the max allotted RAM in which is 16GB in this case. Thank you all for the great advice.
Does anyone have knowledge about Lightroom software? She uses that frequently as well not sure if it has any particular requirements?
are you going with the GTX 750 as I suggested? I think for the money and what her system is for it is a good choice.
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Yes.Originally Posted by jlhawn
which version of Lightroom?
are you going with the GTX 750 as I suggested? I think for the money and what her system is for it is a good choice.
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Lightroom 5 and yes that card will work.Originally Posted by jlhawn
which version of Lightroom?
are you going with the GTX 750 as I suggested? I think for the money and what her system is for it is a good choice.
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