Photoshop 7.0 speed test

[Choppaface]

Re: Quartz ain't a factor

Originally posted by tallscot

Where can you buy a dual Athlon?

www.alienware.com

I dont like having their name all over the machine, but I knew the location and I could get what I wanted there.

specs were:
dual athlon 1900+
1 gig PC 2100 DDR RAM
100 GB western digital jumbo buffer
nVidia GeForce 4 ti 4400
16x DVD-ROM
sounblaster...dunno exactly which model but the basic one with a firewire port
no mouse, no keyboard, no monitor
w/ win xp pro

final price $2650 free shipping
right now a similar system is about 2700

 

[tallscot]

Not any cheaper

I priced the Alienware dual Athlon with a DVDRW, mouse, keyboard, 80 gig drive, 1 gig RAM, modem, no monitor...it comes out to about $3,400. Now I have to add a gigbit ethernet card, since they don't offer it.

That price isn't any better than a dual 1 Ghz G4.

I'll admit that the Athlon is going to be faster in most applications, if not all. But the idea that you can get a much faster PC for less money isn't accurate.

Thanks for the URL! I might order one later this year. I use both platforms.

 

[Choppaface]

ya I have a friend who's a big time PC user and he got a G4 just for the 22" cinema display and the superdrive

I'll post later to report how well mine runs. they seem like a good company, but we shall see

 

[firewire2001]

ps7 vs ps6

i know this was reall based on a debate from a while ago... but i noticed drastic differences in speed from b42 to b6x

maybe you are running different betas?

hope this helps...

 

[Falleron]

Has the final version actually been released??? Has anyone actually used it yet?

 

[kristin2323]

Hmm... When I am trying to compare I use a speed test site. yes, it will have limited information but it's something to go off of.

Example: http://www.tools.mywikiinfo.com/test_your_website_speed.php