On 11/08/2015 12:52 PM, darktable-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >> 3- graphic adaptor or the one that is built in the motherboard ? > A good GPU does speed up dt a lot. But you do need a good one (> 1GB of > graphics RAM, good floating point performance), and integrated ones are > usually not good enough. A bad graphics card will be slower than your > CPU, hence totally useless for dt. An average one will be barely better > than your CPU, and won't be worth the money. > Most of the discussion so far is on getting the most and best for your money, and I am following the suggestions with interest. I would just like to make a small point about usability.
I agree that you need a good graphics card for best performance. But when I'm on vacation, I do a lot of my work on an i3 Acer with Intel graphics in the chip. A vote of respect to the developers - it works fine. Yes, it could be faster, but I am an impatient man, and an i3 with integrated graphics (and 4 Gb of RAM) can still get the job done for me. Get the best PC that fits your budget, but many different solutions can work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Presto, an open source distributed SQL query engine for big data, initially developed by Facebook, enables you to easily query your data on Hadoop in a more interactive manner. Teradata is also now providing full enterprise support for Presto. Download a free open source copy now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=250295911&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
