Re: Processor for photo editting

"Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Focus wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking of updating my processor, but I've some doubts. Is a Duo
>> core really much faster with NX or PS than a 3.0 P4? Or is it just
>> marginal?
>
> Well, NX is a real pig for eating up resources.
>
>> I quite often do batch processing in NX and notice the system halting
>> or even freezing. Specially when using another program simultaneously.
>> Is this typical for a P4 and better with a Duo core?
>
> What you really need get is a dual Xeon system running on a Supermicro 
> motherboard.  A pair of Xeons with 4MB cache each will kick butt and
they 
> are dirt cheap now.  Get several gigs of RAM and you'll be loving life. 
> Even Apple went to Xeon processors because they are so good and perform 
> better than anything they ever had.  I'll never use a system that
doesn't 
> have at least a pair of Xeons in it.
>
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>
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> Rita
>


"Several gigs of RAM" would indicate the need for a 64 bit OS.  I have
such 
a system with 4GB RAM.  NX works just fine.