Hey guys, if I want to mainly get a laptop on Windows for photoshop editing. Which graphic card should I look for?
Photoshop CS4 and CS5 supports GPU Acceleration, check out the link below:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404898.html
I heard that nvidia is best for photoshop?
I don't know who is feeding you that nonsense.
As stated, ANY graphic card is "good for photoshop". RAM and CPU are what matter.
Ohh? Is it? What if I use plugins that supports CUDA ?
Ohh? Is it? What if I use plugins that supports CUDA ?
CUDA is useful when you work with videos in Premiere Pro, for photoshop it doesn't matter much. Get a more powerful CPU and more RAM. 8GB would be optimal.
Neither. Just get a Core i5/i7, 8GB RAM. Graphics card is only good for gaming.
Simple logic: Why is the reason that all these PC games demand high performance graphic cards, but Office and Powerpoint never state anything? The difference is: PC Games do not come with ready images, the image is calculated and rendered real time in the graphics card, based on the instructions given. Word, Powerpoint and pictures are just 2D bitmaps, nothing to render and calculate, it's all there already. Editing bitmaps is the same; just plain 2D work done by the CPU, the graphics card is idle. Any current low end graphics card is sufficient. Get a 64bit OS and sufficient RAM, that's all. Whether 13 inch is something to work with .. your call. I'd prefer something of 21 inch and above. Secondly, don't forget colour accuracy and calibration.anyone else care to confirm this? because initial benchmarks for the macbook air 13 inch puts it on par with a 17 inch macbook pro. would make the macbook air a very good choice for me in the future
Simple logic: Why is the reason that all these PC games demand high performance graphic cards, but Office and Powerpoint never state anything? The difference is: PC Games do not come with ready images, the image is calculated and rendered real time in the graphics card, based on the instructions given. Word, Powerpoint and pictures are just 2D bitmaps, nothing to render and calculate, it's all there already. Editing bitmaps is the same; just plain 2D work done by the CPU, the graphics card is idle. Any current low end graphics card is sufficient. Get a 64bit OS and sufficient RAM, that's all. Whether 13 inch is something to work with .. your call. I'd prefer something of 21 inch and above. Secondly, don't forget colour accuracy and calibration.
anyone else care to confirm this? because initial benchmarks for the macbook air 13 inch puts it on par with a 17 inch macbook pro. would make the macbook air a very good choice for me in the future
The benchmarks you are refering to are not "real" world and only test CPU and the Hard Disk. Like camera benchmarks, you need to consider more than one set of test or benchmarks.
alright will take that into account. though i would think a macbook pro 13 inch with a SSD and 8gb of ram would probably be good enough for most things. i'm just drawn to the air for the size
I find photo editing on a 15" very tight and can only imagine how PS must feel like on a 13" with the tabs and palettes open. Must not leave a lot of room for the actual image. But I guess you can connect to an external monitor.