build for photoshop cs

[VH]

I have lurked for 6 months or so and have come up with the following for a new rig. Very little gaming, mainly Photoshop and video editing. I already have the following. Antec Sonata III with 500 watt power supply. VGA ASUS EAH2600XT/HTDP/256M RT video card (very little gaming). Western Digital 640 g H/D. Smasung Sh s222f dvd writer. G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). I am looking at the combo of Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz and the ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail. I wanted a firewire connection. I would try some limited overclocking. I have Widows XP currently but was thinking of upgrading to Vista either 32 or 64. I have 2 questions. How is the compatibility of the above parts with that combo of M/B and CPU and has anyone used Photoshop Cs.............not CS2 or CS3............with Vista 64? I would like to take advantage of all 4 gb of ram and I think that is only possible with Vista 64. Do programs not designed for Vista 64 just not run or do they run without taking advantage of all of the features of Vista 64? Thanks.

 

[QuixoticOne]

I don't see a problem with the hardware you list. Check the motherboard's CPU version vs BIOS version compatibility list to ensure the BIOS you'll get is likely compatible with the CPU.

I've no idea about Photoshop CS; I've never heard of it. I've got CS3, though, and it does NOT officially explicitly support Vista 64 yet it does run under it in practice (as a 32 bit program). 32 bit programs that are well designed to work under XP 32 should work well enough for the most part under Vista64 with some noteworthy exceptions that don't work so well. I'd assume that and good XP oriented software is far more likely to work OK than not to work unless you hear specific information otherwise.

32 bit software on 64 bit Vista doesn't take advantage of all the address space if you have more than 3-4GB RAM or so, but that's OK, it'll work up to the software's maximum capability on XP 32 so you don't in theory lose anything you would have otherwise had by running it on Vista 64 instead of XP32/Vista32.

It would be best if they came out with a native 64 bit version for XP 64 / Vista 64, and in the case of Photoshop I expect they'll do just that over the next few months. That in itself doesn't really give much speed benefit, the major potential benefit is if that specific program needed more than 2GB RAM all for its own uses in which case a 64 bit version would be good. Most of the time, though, that much RAM isn't needed or people would complain about it being super slow and out of memory even on XP 32.

If you're considering Vista 64, it isn't a bad time to spend another $44 or so for an extra 4GB RAM to make it 8GB if you plan to keep the system for a few years and make heavy use of it, especially for video editing of larger videos having more RAM is very very nice.

Originally posted by: VH
I have lurked for 6 months or so and have come up with the following for a new rig. Very little gaming, mainly Photoshop and video editing. I already have the following. Antec Sonata III with 500 watt power supply. VGA ASUS EAH2600XT/HTDP/256M RT video card (very little gaming). Western Digital 640 g H/D. Smasung Sh s222f dvd writer. G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400). I am looking at the combo of Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz and the ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail. I wanted a firewire connection. I would try some limited overclocking. I have Widows XP currently but was thinking of upgrading to Vista either 32 or 64. I have 2 questions. How is the compatibility of the above parts with that combo of M/B and CPU and has anyone used Photoshop Cs.............not CS2 or CS3............with Vista 64? I would like to take advantage of all 4 gb of ram and I think that is only possible with Vista 64. Do programs not designed for Vista 64 just not run or do they run without taking advantage of all of the features of Vista 64? Thanks.

 

[VH]

Thanks . Thats good info regarding 32 bit software running on a 64 bit system.