Post by nikonnut on Jul 13, 2007 0:29:41 GMT
Well all,
I have been fortunate enough to get a copy (legal) of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. This is a HOSS of a software package and runs great! A BIG thanks to Ritalin for his help (see his post) as without FlexLM this whole deal is a wash.
So there is a nice little behchmark that employs PS called SpeedTest by Retouch Artists that gives a nice test of your system and offers an even playing field across OS's and various build of the manufacturer of your choice (that would be Apple)and I use it along with a few others to wring out my system. I had an interesting discovery today after I installed CS3 on both operating systems to see how much difference there is (if any). First a few details:
C2D E6700 2.66 Ghz
3.2 GB of DDR2 PC 5300
500GB Sata HD (OS X)
500GB Sata HD (XP MCE 2005)
nVidia 7950 GT 256 (3D acceleration helps)
So, I always do one run to loosen up the system
and then run 4 tests to average. You will need a stopwatch or another computer with something like X-note for the timing purposes. Then just run the test and record the results.
Here's mine-
Run on XP- 3min 35secs
Run on OS X (10.4.9)- 41.7secs!
Interesting that CS3 still favors OS X (That's an understatement!)
So, anybody out there with CS3? Maybe a quad core (Aqua)? I'd love to see some other hackie results.
Cheers,
Chris
I have been fortunate enough to get a copy (legal) of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. This is a HOSS of a software package and runs great! A BIG thanks to Ritalin for his help (see his post) as without FlexLM this whole deal is a wash.
So there is a nice little behchmark that employs PS called SpeedTest by Retouch Artists that gives a nice test of your system and offers an even playing field across OS's and various build of the manufacturer of your choice (that would be Apple)and I use it along with a few others to wring out my system. I had an interesting discovery today after I installed CS3 on both operating systems to see how much difference there is (if any). First a few details:
C2D E6700 2.66 Ghz
3.2 GB of DDR2 PC 5300
500GB Sata HD (OS X)
500GB Sata HD (XP MCE 2005)
nVidia 7950 GT 256 (3D acceleration helps)
So, I always do one run to loosen up the system
and then run 4 tests to average. You will need a stopwatch or another computer with something like X-note for the timing purposes. Then just run the test and record the results.Here's mine-
Run on XP- 3min 35secs
Run on OS X (10.4.9)- 41.7secs!
Interesting that CS3 still favors OS X (That's an understatement!)
So, anybody out there with CS3? Maybe a quad core (Aqua)? I'd love to see some other hackie results.
Cheers,
Chris
