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hi graham,
i have psver 7... it freezes some of the time, but mostly
with bryce when i render or use the paint can. my files
are sorta big because i use bryce alot. the files i use
in bryce are 3ds, obp, ... that sort of thing.... in ps i
use mostly jpg. and when it freezes the only thing that
gets it un stuck is to use the restart button on the
pc... i hate using that cuz then i have to go thru scan
disk. any ideas? i read that nvidia video was not
compatible with xp even tho it says they are... am i
using a pc that is not setup for all the graphic programs
i use?
thanks,
k
>-----Original Message-----
>I use photoshop extensively for my work, and if my video
editing pc is busy
>I'll often use my office one to do a dvd cover design or
something similar.
>This is an Athlon 750mhz with 256mb ram, a 30 + 80gb hdd
and a 32mb n-vidia
>graphics card, XP sp1a.
>I do not have any problems with p/shop freezing with
this pc, though
>sometimes when adding layers with effects you need to
wait a little while
>for it to process all the instructions, but it's only
seconds rather than
>minutes.
>Photoshop works best when it has the app installed on a
different hdd to the
>hdd that is used for files (scratch disc). What sort of
files are you
>dealing with? What size are they? File type? What sort
of processing are you
>doing to them? Where have they come from? Which version
of photoshop is it?
>Does it happen with any other app? Does it freeze at
particular times, ie
>can you pinpoint what you are doing when it freezes?
Does alt/ctrl/del
>enable teh task manager and what are the results of apps
running and
>processes?
>Graham
>
>--
>Graham Hughes
>MVP Digital Media
>www.dvds2treasure.com
>www.simplydv.com
>
>"karen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:3b1c01c48f93$97454400$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> hi,
>>
>> my budget is about middle of the road. if you think i
>> need more than amd for this, would it be better and
>> cheaper in the long run to get a new pc? i keep
>> upgrading pieces and parts .. maybe i should think of a
>> new pc?
>>
>> k
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >PhotoShop is a very hungry app,ication. Athlon 1300+
is
>> barely enough, it
>> >likes a high end P4 with HyperThreading or fast
>> AthlonXP, as much RAM as it
>> >can get (and it can use up to 3gb) and the fastest
>> graphics card you can
>> >give it.
>> >
>> >Now, the all important question - what's your budget?
>> >--
>> >Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging &
>> Hardware)
>> >www.coribright.com
>> >
>> >"karen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:02b401c48ecc$e9220550$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> hi,
>> >>
>> >> i am having alot of problems with the computer
freezing
>> >> when i use a graphic program... it doesn't matter
>> which i
>> >> use, i have bryce, poser and photoshop.
>> >>
>> >> before i invest money in a new card, i came here to
see
>> >> if anyone has any ideas... it was suggested to me
that
>> i
>> >> should get a geforce video card and i just read that
>> >> someone here has had a problem with it.
>> >>
>> >> i am running win xp pro
>> >> i have 2 hard drives - 19 and 112
>> >> my video card is a trident
>> >> i have 512 ram, and it says sharing 8,000 - whatever
>> that
>> >> means
>> >> i have an amd athlon 1300
>> >>
>> >> is there anything else i forgot?
>> >>
>> >> if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
>> >>
>> >> thanks,
>> >> k
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>
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