Technochicken
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Well, Adobe Photoshop CS4 arrived in the mail today, (hooray for student discounts!) and upon installation, I noticed how horribly slowly it was running, especially while editing large photos. I have noticed this for playback of videos I am editing also, though this may be because I make stop motion stuff, so I have about 10 eight megapixle photo's streaming per second.
Unfortunately, the best cpu my motherboard supports would be an e7600. No quads, and no FSB above 1066. For photo editing, video editing, and video encoding, which are the main cpu intensive things I do, a quad core would probably be the best choice for an upgrade, but then I would also have to get a new motherboard, and then I would be past my budget, which by the way is around 150 dollars.
I would probably be willing to spend about 180 if the budget included a quad core cpu, but that route I would have to go AMD, as the cheapest intel quad is about 160 by its self. How would, say, a phenom 9500 compare to an e7600 for the tasks I listed? If there is much of a performance boost, would it be worth the price jump, and the task of doing a fresh vista installation, and reinstalling 100 gigs of software?
Thanks for any advice and suggestions,
TC
Unfortunately, the best cpu my motherboard supports would be an e7600. No quads, and no FSB above 1066. For photo editing, video editing, and video encoding, which are the main cpu intensive things I do, a quad core would probably be the best choice for an upgrade, but then I would also have to get a new motherboard, and then I would be past my budget, which by the way is around 150 dollars.
I would probably be willing to spend about 180 if the budget included a quad core cpu, but that route I would have to go AMD, as the cheapest intel quad is about 160 by its self. How would, say, a phenom 9500 compare to an e7600 for the tasks I listed? If there is much of a performance boost, would it be worth the price jump, and the task of doing a fresh vista installation, and reinstalling 100 gigs of software?
Thanks for any advice and suggestions,
TC