- Jul 28, 2014
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So recently I've been giving more consideration on purchasing a mobile workstation for drawing/painting in Photoshop. The problem I have is deciding on what I should do given certain circumstances that what most digital artists want in a device doesn't exactly exist, so it seems that I must compromise one way or another if I want something sooner. With that in mind, I have a few questions:
1. For Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash specifically, is it necessary and recommended to have a dedicated card to run them efficiently? It is to my understanding that Photoshop uses a dedicated card to boost its performance through the advanced settings, however it states that this is mainly for warping and meshing things, something I do not do much. This leads me to believe that most of the work falls on the processor in this case, so I guess what I'm asking is if my suspicions are correct? Illustrator I know for sure requires a good CPU because it's all vector based, and I know nothing of Flash(it's mainly for my girlfriend who is an animator) so that's why this question is probably the most important.
2. After looking at the Acer R7 laptop which has a decent processor, an N-Trig digitizer built in, I decided to seriously consider this as an option. However, there is no dedicated card, or at least a listed model on their website stating this, but there are people on other forums who have stated there does exist a model with a discrete Nvidia card inside. Can anyone confirm this? Also, can anyone confirm whether or not the N-Trig digitizer has pressure sensitivity, how many levels and whether there are drivers for it to work properly in Photoshop?
3. If the worst I fear from the last two questions has come to light, what would you recommend I aim for? Is there a product that exists with a Wacom digitizer, a decent processor AND a dedicated video card?? One can only dream I suppose, but if there is such a device then PLEASE do not be shy with that information. I know Wacom makes a Cintiq Companion with an i7 2 core/4 logical core processor, but it has no dedicated card, just the integrated HD 4000 series Intel graphics. I also know that Fujitsu makes a laptop with a Wacom digitizer inside that's cheaper than the Cintiq, as well as the Surface Pro 2 from Microsoft, but if a dedicated card is seriously recommended, then I'd rather wait for a device that has all of the above features.
Thanks in advance!
1. For Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash specifically, is it necessary and recommended to have a dedicated card to run them efficiently? It is to my understanding that Photoshop uses a dedicated card to boost its performance through the advanced settings, however it states that this is mainly for warping and meshing things, something I do not do much. This leads me to believe that most of the work falls on the processor in this case, so I guess what I'm asking is if my suspicions are correct? Illustrator I know for sure requires a good CPU because it's all vector based, and I know nothing of Flash(it's mainly for my girlfriend who is an animator) so that's why this question is probably the most important.
2. After looking at the Acer R7 laptop which has a decent processor, an N-Trig digitizer built in, I decided to seriously consider this as an option. However, there is no dedicated card, or at least a listed model on their website stating this, but there are people on other forums who have stated there does exist a model with a discrete Nvidia card inside. Can anyone confirm this? Also, can anyone confirm whether or not the N-Trig digitizer has pressure sensitivity, how many levels and whether there are drivers for it to work properly in Photoshop?
3. If the worst I fear from the last two questions has come to light, what would you recommend I aim for? Is there a product that exists with a Wacom digitizer, a decent processor AND a dedicated video card?? One can only dream I suppose, but if there is such a device then PLEASE do not be shy with that information. I know Wacom makes a Cintiq Companion with an i7 2 core/4 logical core processor, but it has no dedicated card, just the integrated HD 4000 series Intel graphics. I also know that Fujitsu makes a laptop with a Wacom digitizer inside that's cheaper than the Cintiq, as well as the Surface Pro 2 from Microsoft, but if a dedicated card is seriously recommended, then I'd rather wait for a device that has all of the above features.
Thanks in advance!
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