Specs for photo editing, please advise

skipler · 12-12-2006, 01:06 PM

Please advise good spec mainly for photo editing and some video work
i usually have two or three programes open at one time and at the momment my machine runs at snail pace
I never play any games
any advise would be much appreciated
thanks skipler

Karanislove · 12-12-2006, 10:45 PM

hmmm...Wats your budget???

skipler · 13-12-2006, 12:53 AM

sorry should have said
about £800 for base unit only

Matt555 · 13-12-2006, 01:44 AM

Photo and video editing programs eat RAM - if you're working with really large photos / more than one photo at a time 2GB will be beneficial, 1GB is the absolute minimum for your needs I'd say.

As for the rest of the system, a large HDD for storage, Core 2 Duo CPU and a half-decent graphics card (if you're not playing games cut back a little on the graphics card and go with more / better RAM and / or a better CPU) should be the basis of your system.

skipler · 16-12-2006, 09:27 AM

thanks Matt
sorry for the late reply

12-12-2006, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
skipler Geek Trainee Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	Specs for photo editing, please advise Please advise good spec mainly for photo editing and some video work i usually have two or three programes open at one time and at the momment my machine runs at snail pace I never play any games any advise would be much appreciated thanks skipler

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Matt555 iMod Join Date: May 2005 Age: 21 Male Posts: 3,844 Times Helpful: 238 My Mood: Happy Status: Offline My Computer	Photo and video editing programs eat RAM - if you're working with really large photos / more than one photo at a time 2GB will be beneficial, 1GB is the absolute minimum for your needs I'd say. As for the rest of the system, a large HDD for storage, Core 2 Duo CPU and a half-decent graphics card (if you're not playing games cut back a little on the graphics card and go with more / better RAM and / or a better CPU) should be the basis of your system. __________________

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13-12-2006, 12:53 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
skipler Geek Trainee Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	sorry should have said about £800 for base unit only

16-12-2006, 09:27 AM	#5 (permalink) Top
skipler Geek Trainee Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	thanks Matt sorry for the late reply

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