options to run photoshop faster.

[Mayfriday0529]

I just installed the trial version of Photoshop CS 2 and I?m finding that it is running a little sluggish.

I had Photoshop CS on before and it would run ok for my needs.
I had a 1.3 MHz AMD machine with 396 Megs of ram.

After installing Photoshop CS 2 I found that I really had to close all extra programs to save a much memory as possible to use with it.

I went ahead and added a 512 stick of ram to the system and now I have 768 of ram, this has improved the performance but still somewhat sluggish and running both Photoshop and the new Adobe Bridge makes it more sluggish.

I have also moved the primary scratch disk to my secondary drive.

Do you think this is the best it will get without actually just upgrading the entire system?

 

[KoolDrew]

I remember with older versions of Photoshop there were programs to reduce the start up time of it. YOu could do it manually too.

 

[HN]

Turn your background layer into an actual layer (double click on background and make it into a normal layer).

 

[Concillian]

Looking on google there was a comment that CS2 consumes close to twice the memory for him loading the same file into the program.

Seems CS2 may only be an upgrade for someone with a very nice machine.

In your case if you have DDR, I'd get a second stick of PC3200 (assuming you got that in your first stick) since that would be something you would get with a new system anyway. Then if the memory doesn't work out, plan on a MB/CPU upgrade and move over your gig with that.

If you have PC100/PC133, I wouldn't buy anything additional for it. I'd plan out a system upgrade.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Concillian
Looking on google there was a comment that CS2 consumes close to twice the memory for him loading the same file into the program.

Seems CS2 may only be an upgrade for someone with a very nice machine.

In your case if you have DDR, I'd get a second stick of PC3200 (assuming you got that in your first stick) since that would be something you would get with a new system anyway. Then if the memory doesn't work out, plan on a MB/CPU upgrade and move over your gig with that.

If you have PC100/PC133, I wouldn't buy anything additional for it. I'd plan out a system upgrade.

Yeah its DDR

I had two sticks, a 256 and 128 DDR PC2100 and i kept the 256 stick and added a 512 DDR PC3200.

 

[AlmostInsane]

Your system barely meets the minimum requirements. So yeah, it will run like crap unless you upgrade.

Intel® Xeon?, Xeon Dual, Intel Centrino?, or Pentium® III or 4 processor
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2
320MB of RAM (384MB recommended)
650MB of available hard-disk space
1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
CD-ROM drive
Internet or phone connection required for product activation

 

[Rottie]

if you have a lot of plugins, it will slow down cs2. try remove any plugins that you will never use, it will speed up.