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    Processors recommendations

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gugarci, Dec 9, 2008.

  1. gugarci

    gugarci Notebook Consultant

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    Getting ready to buy my first laptop. Processor wise I was originally looking at the T9400 2.53. I do a lot of Photo processing with Lightroom and work with large raw files. But I was wondering If I could get by save a little bit of money and get the P8600 2.4, or the P8400 2.26 instead.
    Thanks.
     
    gugarci, Dec 9, 2008
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  2. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    Try filling out the faq, we can give you a better idea of what you should get :)
     
    Mr._Kubelwagen, Dec 9, 2008
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  3. gugarci

    gugarci Notebook Consultant

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    I've done that already in the past. I've already got a couple of laptops in mind but need help choosing a processor.

    Laptop will be mainly use for surfing and lot's of photo processing using programs like Lightroom. I work with large raw files. I might also do some gaming, but I mainly game on my XBOX.

    Just need help withe processor.
     
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    If you work with photos and large raw files the 6 mb L2 cache will help
     
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  5. gugarci

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    Thanks, that's what I was thinking. But I wasn't 100% sure. :)
     
    gugarci, Dec 9, 2008
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  6. Bog

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    Also keep in mind that Photoshop CS3 will be GPU-accelerated, meaning that the program will be able to utilize certain GPUs for more general tasks.
     
    Bog, Dec 9, 2008
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  7. gugarci

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    We'll the laptops I'm interested in will have an Nvidia 9600GT card.
    I run Lightroom on my desktop now with a very old ATI card with no problems.
     
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  8. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    Bog, do you mean CS4? Because that's what I've heard.
     
    Mr._Kubelwagen, Dec 9, 2008
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    CS4 now has nvidia acceleration, which comes out to better performance depending on GPU
     
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  10. Bog

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    Oh yeah, I looked online. It is a feature set for CS4. Sorry, and thanks for the correction. ;)
     
    Bog, Dec 9, 2008
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