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Apple Mac Hardware - Photoshop Test

Nope, 12 seconds with the Action made from chucks instructions (checked and is 100% accurate) and then 20 seconds from the one you can download in that post. The difference is that in his instructions he did the image size AFTER the sharpen and in the action the image size is BEFORE the sharpen

Either way, a lot faster than your getting - which cant be right because its a PM dual running native. So I'm guessing you either made the action incorrectly or you have got something wrong with your system :)

I can make a video of it later if there is any confusion
 
jalle said:
18.9 sec

photoshop cs2

quad 4x 2,5 ghz
2,5 gig ram
250 gig hardrive 7.200

I had bridge, safari and mail open as well

O lala la I think Im in the fastest lane

Jalle
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Can confirm that... my Quad did the test in 18 seconds as well!

I love my new G5 quad! It's the first computer that I bought in a while that really impresses every day again... even after owning it already for a month now! :)

groovebuster
 
groovebuster said:
Can confirm that... my Quad did the test in 18 seconds as well!

I love my new G5 quad! It's the first computer that I bought in a while that really impresses every day again... even after owning it already for a month now! :)

groovebuster
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Which test?

1 - pony test
2 - Chuck action
2b - chucks bigger action
 
Test 1 - Radial Blur

1:40.32

Power Mac G4 MDD
Dual 867MHz
512MB RAM
60GB HD
Photoshop Elements 3.0 Trial

This is after an uptime of about 8 hours, with no other apps open.
 
BakedBeans said:
Either way, a lot faster than your getting - which cant be right because its a PM dual running native. So I'm guessing you either made the action incorrectly or you have got something wrong with your system :)
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OOps, I meant to say Core Duo. Too much lingo being tossed around.

Anyway, so no I'm not running native, but I only have 512Mb of RAM. I downloaded Chuck's action.

I hear my hard drive working hard during these tests, leading me to believe that there is a lot of swapping going on. So I hope it is just a RAM issue. I looked at Activity Monitor and saw that Photoshop was using nearly 300Mb of real memory, and 1.5Gb of virtual!
 
I really can't wait to see what happens when I add an extra Gb of RAM tomorrow. If memory makes this much of a difference when running photoshop, it will debunk all the current articles regarding the lack of speed of the Intel iMacs.

A CoreDuo 2Ghz with 512Mb RAM and 128Mb Video:

Horse Test: 58s
Chuck 1: 1m:21s
Chuck 2b: 7m:02s

Compare these times to Baked Beans and the difference is startling considering identical machines except for RAM (and VRAM)
 
johnnybluejeans said:
So I got my extra gig of RAM today and what a difference it made!

Chuck1 w/ 512Mb: 1:21s
Chuck1 w/ 1.5Gb: 18s

Chuck2 w/ 512Mb: 7:02s
Chuck2 w/ 1.5Gb: 2:53s
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Wow Johnny, that's incredible... What version of Photoshop are you using?

Chuck.
 
All this sounds good. I am ready to get my new Imac Intel. It was shipped on the 23rd and has been sitting there every since. I also have a 1gb chip to match the one already in it. This will give me the max 2gb. I am excited.
 
Chuck said:
Wow Johnny, that's incredible... What version of Photoshop are you using?

Chuck.
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CS2

Interestingly enough though, I only saw modest gains (8%) with the RAM upgrade when running the DriverHeaven set of photoshop tests. http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop/

My Core Duo ran the 12 tests in a pathetic 484 seconds. I noticed that during the DriverHeaven tests only one core was used, the other core sat idle.
 
1.67 PB times

For perspective on what the Macbooks need to surpass,

Pony - 2:20
Chuck1 - 0:20 (including save)
Chuck2 - 3:05

1.67 PB w/2GB w/7200rpm PS7.0

Edit: Just checked Activity monitor, PS7 swallowed just under 1GB of real memory and 1.2GB of virtual during the latter two tests. No page outs.
 
BakedBeans said:
this proves my point :)

all these silly tests using 512mb ram - useless
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Yep been saying the same thing myself all along...

Rosetta RAM hungry. Photoshop RAM hungry. Put the 2 together and what do you get...

Vanessa Felps - oh sorry she's just cake hungry :D
 
My test radiul Blur with Horse Test bic.

Best Quality, 100%


Time #1 - 47.69 seconds
Time #2 - 47.84 seconds
Time #3 - 47.58 seconds

With specs in my Sig..
 
It's crazy how fast these new Intel iMacs are. Especially running Photoshop under Rosetta. I wonder how much faster they will be once Photoshop is Universal?
 
cliffrouse11bas said:
My test radiul Blur with Horse Test bic.

Best Quality, 100%


Time #1 - 47.69 seconds
Time #2 - 47.84 seconds
Time #3 - 47.58 seconds

With specs in my Sig..
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Are you sure all your settings are correct? Ive got the same machine as you and it only does it in 57
 
can anyone test the difference between 1,5 GB and 2 GB of RAM on 20" core duo with the PS CS2? :confused:

cause when i wanted to upgrade my PB 17" 1,67 to max of RAM, seller advised me only to add one chip of 1 GB.. he told me i won't feel any difference unless i will work with large video files, but i don't, my main tool is Adobe CS2 (PS, Illustrator, etc).. :(

so what about 2GHz core duo and these extra 512 to the max? :cool:
 
Yes all setting are correct. I have amount at 100 and quality at best, and spin. I started the clock as soon as I hit go and stopped it soon as the picture came up. I checked it 3 times. I am using Photoshop CS not CS2. That might be the culprit.
 
cliffrouse11bas said:
Yes all setting are correct. I have amount at 100 and quality at best, and spin. I started the clock as soon as it hit go and stopped it soon as the picture came up. I checked it 3 times. I am using Photoshop CS not CS2. That might be the culprit.
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ahh, that may well be it!
 
fra said:
can anyone test the difference between 1,5 GB and 2 GB of RAM on 20" core duo with the PS CS2? :confused:

cause when i wanted to upgrade my PB 17" 1,67 to max of RAM, seller advised me only to add one chip of 1 GB.. he told me i won't feel any difference unless i will work with large video files, but i don't, my main tool is Adobe CS2 (PS, Illustrator, etc).. :(

so what about 2GHz core duo and these extra 512 to the max? :cool:
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:D actually i can find the answer to this question in your results myself..

the statistics:
Chuck1 w/ 512Mb: 1:21s
Chuck1 w/ 1.5Gb: 18s
Chuck1 w/ 2Gb: 12s

Chuck2 w/ 512Mb: 7:02s
Chuck2 w/ 1.5Gb: 2:53s
Chuck2 w/ 2Gb: 2:36s

:cool: without rosetta the diference will be less noticable.. so i think it's not worth to pay extra $ to change default chip of 512 to 1GB.. don't you think so? :rolleyes:
 
Original radial blur test.
1m 48sec :confused: :confused:

Powerbook 1.67MHz 1.5GB ram
Photoshop CS

Wasnt it TOO fast for my pbook?? :)
 
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