Now that I have started to get into all this build-it-yourself stuff, my dad wants me to build him a PC.
He's a doctor, but also a very avid amature photographer and he spends many hours tweaking his images in Photoshop. In fact I would venture to guess that this machine will be running PS 80% of the time that it is in use.
He wants to go with a dual monitor set up (probably both will be fairly large high res LCDs). He likes to run at the highest res possible (he's got his 14" laptop screen at 1600x1200). And I think the last game he played was Pong.
Price isn't a huge factor, but I think he would prefer to go with a system in the 60-70th percentile that he can upgrade every 1-2 years instead of a 95-100th percentile system that he would keep for 3-4 years.
I'm pretty sure everyone will agree that Matrox cards are the way to go, the question is should I get him the G550 or wait for the P650? Anyone know when the P650 is comming out? I haven't seen much about it other than the features list.
I'm very much open to any other ideas. Matrox, nVidia, ATi, whatever. I'm just looking for the best solutions.
Thanks
He's a doctor, but also a very avid amature photographer and he spends many hours tweaking his images in Photoshop. In fact I would venture to guess that this machine will be running PS 80% of the time that it is in use.
He wants to go with a dual monitor set up (probably both will be fairly large high res LCDs). He likes to run at the highest res possible (he's got his 14" laptop screen at 1600x1200). And I think the last game he played was Pong.
Price isn't a huge factor, but I think he would prefer to go with a system in the 60-70th percentile that he can upgrade every 1-2 years instead of a 95-100th percentile system that he would keep for 3-4 years.
I'm pretty sure everyone will agree that Matrox cards are the way to go, the question is should I get him the G550 or wait for the P650? Anyone know when the P650 is comming out? I haven't seen much about it other than the features list.
I'm very much open to any other ideas. Matrox, nVidia, ATi, whatever. I'm just looking for the best solutions.
Thanks