| Windows 7: Speed- give me what I need !!!? |
06 Nov 2009
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Tone it still applies, just because you don't load every single font doesn't mean that having too many won't slow your computer down. If you could load all of them and there are 5000 fonts but you only loaded 2000, that still would bog your computer down. You didn't specify the amount of fonts you have loaded through you font program. Thus I was making a suggestion on limiting the amount of fonts. As a graphic designer myself for 17 years, I activate the fonts I need for a particular project and then deactivate them when I'm done with the specific project. | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell Optiplex 755 OS Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00 E8400 Motherboard Dell Memory Crucial 4.00 GB Graphics Card Sapphire HD 3650 PCIe Monitor(s) Displays Dual Dell 1907FP Hard Drives Seagate 1.5TB SATA |
07 Nov 2009
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#22 | | |
Hiya Slowrey
Yeah, these days that is the way we do it- I just use a great little app called Font Expert. Has a great preview process and enables a quick activation and DE activation. Sorry, wasn't having a go at you
It is much easier that way, all programs just use the standard Windows fonts and occasionally I may add one here or there, but it runs WAY faster without a few thousand fonts installed.
Cheers mate | My System Specs | | |
14 Aug 2010
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#23 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & OSX 10.6 Richardson, Tx |

Quote: Originally Posted by pparks1 Bumping to 8GB of RAM and moving to 64-bit should improve things with Photoshop for you. I'd start there as it's cheap and easy to do.
If you want faster performance across the board (booting up, starting apps and shutting down), consider going for the SSD drive. The almost non-existent random access times make application launches extremely fast. While not a photoshop user myself, I believe it opens in less than 3 seconds on an SSD drive. +1
I'm a Believer. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built, RsPC!{Ltd.} OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & OSX 10.6 CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 12MB 2.86 @ 5.09GHz, 1.3Vcore@87 Motherboard ASUS P5E3 Deluxe w/ Intel X58 Chipset BIOS 0304 Memory 8Gb (4x2Gb) *Serial Sequential* Corsair XMS2 DDR-800 1.8v Graphics Card EVGA GTX 470 @865MHz Core, 1730MHz Shader, 1855MHz Mem, >43C Sound Card MOTU 192HD+424+3x2408Mk3, D8B, ASUS X-Fi 24, only 96kHz :( Monitor(s) Displays Asus VK278Q 27" 2ms HD LED Backlit LCD Monitors Screen Resolution 2x 1920x1080 Keyboard Cherry 6316 Mechanical, IBM Model M, Das Keyboard, 10key USB Mouse 2x Logitec G500... Yes 2 :) PSU 2x Corsair 850w, Compaq R3000 UPS Backup Case Built Steel/Dynamat/Neopreme Shock Mount 6U Silent Rack Case Cooling iXrema+2x12cm Magmas 3x20cm Case Fans 4x14cm Exhaust Fans Hard Drives 2x OCZ 60GB SSDs RAID0 - OS, (100+ GB Part-Page file)
5x Samsung SATAII 1TB RAID5 - Music,
6x WD RE2 SATAII 1Tb RAID1+0 - Storage,
4x WD Dual 64MB 2TB RAID5 - Backup
3x WD Velociraptor 600GB RAID5 - Audio Production Internet Speed Fiber, Dual 85Mb/s up 105 Mb/s Down Other Info Audio system =
Dynaudio BM6A Near Fields + BM10 Sub for Reference & monitoring
Klipschorns & Servodrive Sub for Music Playback...
Mackie D8B converted into 24ch Automated DAW controller/MIDI interface, MOTU Rig for AD/DA I/O & Professional Recording, ASUS Sound Card for Music Playback (needs upgrade!)
Boot up Time = ~30sec from Dead off Init RAID, then ~9.877-12.454sec for windows, as per B |
14 Aug 2010
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#24 | | Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 Danbury, CT |
One thing I haven't seem mentioned:
CS4 includes a 64 bit version. It can make use of the extra RAM in a 64 bit Windows installation. The 32 bit version won't use the xtra RAM. I haven't done a lot of heavy work in CS4, but it seems to handle large files much more quickly than the 32 bit version.
Neither version launches in 3 seconds from my SSD, though. (At least, not the first time in a Windows session. Later launches, maybe.) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number homegrown OS Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1 CPU Intel Core I7-3930k Motherboard Asus P9X79 Pro Memory 16 GB Gskill DDR3-2133 Graphics Card eVGA GTX680 Sound Card Creative X-Fi Titanium Monitor(s) Displays As PA246Q Screen Resolution 1920 X 1200 Keyboard cheap Logitech USB Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (old optical) USB PSU PCP&C Silencer 750 Crossfire Case Silverstone FT02 Cooling Noctua NH-D14 Hard Drives Corsair Force GT, 120 GB
WDC 1.5TB Caviar Black Internet Speed 6Mb cable Other Info Pioneer BDR-205
Samsung SH-203B
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