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    Should I run VISTA or XP for Photoshop CS3??

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by latestgood, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. latestgood

    latestgood Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    Which OS is faster for processing Photoshop CS 3

    Thank you
     
    latestgood, Oct 2, 2007
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  2. Gintoki

    Gintoki Notebook Prophet

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    It depends how much processing power you have, how much ram you have, and the type of graphics chip you have. It barely has to do with your OS. Also i think CS3 doesn't have compatibility for Vista so maybe you just have to get XP. For photoshop i recommend a bare minimum of:
    AMD Athlon X2 1800+
    2GB ram
    a graphics chip with at least 128mb memory.
     
    Gintoki, Oct 2, 2007
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  3. dimonay

    dimonay Notebook Consultant

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    CS3 works for Vista.

    Like Calvin said, it depends on your hardware specs, not really the OS.

    Just wanted to add that it was Vista-compatible :D.
     
    dimonay, Oct 2, 2007
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  4. xveritasx

    xveritasx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am pretty sure that you can run CS3 on Vista, as long as you have either Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate. Or basically any type other than Basic. I really am not 100% sure what OS will run PS best. I do however think that Vista cannot beat XP right now, and even if it does it cannot be by much. However things may change soon with the SP1, I believe the beta just came out but I have not found tons of feedback.

    I would also really like to know more on the subject since I am taking Graphic Design in college next year. Also I have been told numerous times your graphics chipset does not matter if you are not running 3d apps. If you have CS3 extended then you need a more powerful video card. I have seen Macbooks run Photoshop well and they have an integrated card, a notch below the x3100 I believe.
     
    xveritasx, Oct 3, 2007
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  5. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I'm running CS2 on Vista Home Premium, so CS3 certainly will run. It runs much better than it did on my XP PC, but that is almost certainly hardware, not OS.

    Unless you're doing 3D you don't need a top of the line graphics card.

    The notebook that I am running CS2 on right now is a HP DV6000 with 2GB, a T7200 @ 2GHz, and an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Oct 3, 2007
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  6. critidoc

    critidoc Notebook Guru

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    I am running cs3 on my vista laptop and my xp desktop, the laptop runs faster.
    no issues as yet. RAW converter in cs3 is great
     
    critidoc, Oct 3, 2007
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  7. zoidbergslo

    zoidbergslo Notebook Guru

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    My friend has T7300, 2GB ram and Vista Ultimate and every time he tries to open a photo in photoshop CS3 his computer starts working very slowly and it takes as long as 30s to open one photo but when I try to open the same photo on my computer (XP2500, 512MB ram and Win XP) photo is opened in 1-5s. Is thist the Vista problem or just that his hard drive is 5400 and mine is 7200.
     
    zoidbergslo, Oct 3, 2007
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  8. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    I switched over to using the Adobe RAW to DNG Converter. It bulk converts all those proprietary raw formats into .DNG format and renames the files in one pass. Slick! And free! Adobe Bridge opens much faster with .DNG than with the .CR2 (RAW) out of my camera.

    Presuming that the XP machine is also opening them in PhotoShop CS3, it really sounds like a combination of two things:
    1. Indexing run amok on Vista
    2. Cache settings in PhotoShop
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Oct 3, 2007
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  9. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    CS3 runs on both just fine.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Oct 3, 2007
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