Windows 8
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Scott Murray
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You cant go wrong with a dedicated graphics card imho.
WhiteLight
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WhiteLight
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Yes, it really is vital..
Especially if you one day do a lot of Photoshopping..
A dedicated video card not only provides a processor just for the graphic output, but it also has RAM dedicated to it.
A 2GB DDR5 deo card barely costs anything these days.
If you use an on-board graphics card, it would eat from your onboard memory..
Obviously ime working within a budget but i also need to be able to pick one up locally,just too much hassle where i live to get things via courier,this spec says shared graphics but then says something else is it shared.
- Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5-3330.
- Processor speed 3GHz.
- 8GB RAM.
- 1024GB SATA hard drive.
- Dual layer.
- Shared graphics.
- Intel Intel HD 2000 Graphics Card graphics card with 1000MB memory.
WhiteLight
Senior Member
If budget is a concern, then obviously you would need to get the best you can with what's available.
an i5 processor is decent, so is the 8gb RAM..
though you will sooner than later want to upgrade to 16gb..
Now the 'Shared graphics' of 1gb ram is going to be eating into the 8gb..
so system memory is already going to be lesser
You would in all probability need more HDD as well..
you can buy external HDDs at quite a low price as well.
an i5 processor is decent, so is the 8gb RAM..
though you will sooner than later want to upgrade to 16gb..
Now the 'Shared graphics' of 1gb ram is going to be eating into the 8gb..
so system memory is already going to be lesser
You would in all probability need more HDD as well..
you can buy external HDDs at quite a low price as well.
Thanks i have already started on external HDs ime going down the road of smaller drives and more off them rather than having everything on a few large drives,just thought that to a laymen that description was poor it states shared graphics but then indicates it has memory of its own.
mike
WhiteLight
Senior Member
a stand alone card inserted into the motherboard has it's own processor for video output & RAM for working on operations.
A Shared graphics card basically means you don't need this card separately, but the video/graphics processor is built into the motherboard. it will be allocated certain amount of memory that it can 'cannibalise' from the main memory.
always a better option to have a graphics card than an on-board graphics.
spend all you can on the processor & motherboard...
RAM, HDDs etc can always be upgraded later
A Shared graphics card basically means you don't need this card separately, but the video/graphics processor is built into the motherboard. it will be allocated certain amount of memory that it can 'cannibalise' from the main memory.
always a better option to have a graphics card than an on-board graphics.
spend all you can on the processor & motherboard...
RAM, HDDs etc can always be upgraded later
To follow on Whitelight's post, he's 100% right. A graphics card is a much better route to go than one incorporated in the CPU. CS6 PS (and I think CS5, too) now utilizes the OpenGL and/or graphics processor. For those of us not doing 3-D or playing high order computer games, it doesn't make much of a difference but if you're planning on doing any 3-D work in CS6 then you're definitely going to want a dedicated graphics card.
It looks like the most i would do are 20mb raw files in NX2 and elements 11,my 3d is only stills i dont bother with 3d video or play games.
mike
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
That is close to the computer I bought recently. I started with 8GB of memory and shared graphics and with PS CS6 it did a pretty good job. I did upgrade to 24 GB of ram because I like to multitask.
I'm not real knowledgeable about computers but I did get a laptop last Christmas with Windows 8 in it. What I did before with one or two clicks now takes me 4 or 5 after i finnally figure out where to go to find their locations.
Just placed the order for collection tomorrow.sticking nearlywithin budget.
Windows 8
i 5 processor
8gb ram (two slots only one in use)
unfortunately could only run to shared graphics
Many thanks for every ones input.
mike
You'll be fine in the graphics dept. Those fancy-dancy graphics accelerators are really for gamers who need ultra fast graphics and not so much for the common computer user.
At first W-8 will seem odd but once you see how it's arranged you'll find it's actually a tiny bit more efficient in its arrangement than W-7 was.
WhiteLight
Senior Member
Congratulations!
It's a new machine & it'll serve you well..
You'll probably bump up the RAM with an additional 8GB module soon & that should suffice..
Cool! i love shiny new electronics
It's a new machine & it'll serve you well..
You'll probably bump up the RAM with an additional 8GB module soon & that should suffice..
Cool! i love shiny new electronics
New machine is plugged in and working,the people who created windows 8 must have a sense of humor i had to Google how to switch windows 8 off ,any way i have queit a few things sorted more to do tomorrow but playing with raw files its a lot quicker than the old machine.
Couldn't find a codec from Microsoft for Nikon raw files in 8 but got one from Nikon which works in elements.
mike
,any way i have queit a few things sorted more to do tomorrow but playing with raw files its a lot quicker than the old machine.Couldn't find a codec from Microsoft for Nikon raw files in 8 but got one from Nikon which works in elements.
mike