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awesome score! definitely shows that Photoshop utilizes the power of the extra cores. Are you running CS or CS2?

Hi noushy, Those are some nice results. It shows that broly8877 must have made a typo or done something incorrectly when running the test on his system. On my CS2 system, with the Pentium D @ 3 GHz, it runs in 48 seconds. I went to tried it out with only one of my cores active for...

I guess ultimately time will tell how soon we'll get it         and hope to be able to test them out when they're available :)

When listing your scores and hardware specs, please do not forget to mention what version of Photshop you are running (PS7, CS, or CS2). Thanks!

I'm glad you brought this up. In fact, when I saw your original thread (which I've just posted in) it brought me to recall this benchmark which I thought may give some insight to the usefulness of dual-core processing for Photoshop. Your X2 scores will definitely improve upon the current...

Hi Avi85, Photoshop DEFINITELY takes advantage of a second core. Linked up to the next two links, the benchmarks show that it does make a difference, especially when applying filters and such effects. PS link 1 PS link 2

Hi Guys, To continue from a post from last year, I'd like to see how much faster these new Core 2 Duo chips are at performing the given Photoshop test. Using Photoshop CS or CS2 (or PS 7) ================================================== 1.) Download the test image from...

after nearly 4 months, i finally have CS2. Two systems I tried it on: Dell P4 - 2.8 GHz w/ 1GB RAM = 101 seconds Dell Pentium D - 3.0GHz w/ 2GB RAM = 48 seconds The 2.8GHz computer is a 533 MHz FSB cpu whereas the Dual core computer is a 800 MHz chip. I definitely like the scores...

ok, remotely connected to box, installed PS 7, and ran the test... Dell GX620: Pentium D - 820 (2.8 GHz) w/ 512mb ram 63 seconds (not too bad compared to 3.6 ghz box i tested earlier)

ok, tested on another machine: Dell P4 - 2 GHz w/ 256mb ram using PS 7 180 seconds (3 minutes flat) (new Pentium D machine came in, will post back once that is tested...)

using PS 7 Dell GX280: P4 - 3.6 GHz w/ 2 GB Ram and 80 GB Sata hd on XP Pro 71 seconds

I appreciate the input so far. I know that one of the best indicators to answering my question would be to get a dual-core machine and try it out myself and see how it goes. One scenario I have is where a client is using an old Compaq dual P3-600 machine running Windows 2000 Server. Its...

Hi guys, How does a dual-core cpu compare against a true SMP dual-cpu system? Example would be a Pentium D 840 (or AMD X2 4200+) vs. 2x Pentium 4 - 2.8 GHz Xeon system? For the price, dual-core seems great. I am primarily interested in terms of the Windows lines of server operating systems...

here's the config i am contemplating getting: -model 650 -dual Xeon 2.8 GHz 512kb cache cpu's -one 80gb hard-drive -1 GB RAM. -48x/32x cd-rw/dvd combo drive = $1060 not too shabby.... :)

i would do the one of the following to things: a) try setting it up using the Windows Server 2003 driver for the SCSI Raid card b) flash the bios to the megaraid version good luck!