Re: filmscanners: Graphics card (simple Q) [was: infos on Nikon LS 2000 or Microtek 4000T ...

[Rob Geraghty]

Mikkel H�j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It takes some time to update my screen in PS6.
> (On a PC with enough RAM and a PIII processsor.)
> Is it my no name (2D, 8 MB shared) graphics card? Or?

Watch the hard drive for activity.  It's likely that the process you are
waiting for has
caused PS to write undo information to the drive, and that will slow things
down.
It's *very* unlikely that a graphics card is going to cause noticeable
delays in
screen updates with a 2D program like PS.

> How big a graphics card is needed for a 1024 x 768 screen resolution?

2MB I think, depending on how many colours you want.  Again, RAM isn't an
issue with 2D applications.  Lots of RAM on a video card is only generally
needed for 3D games where you need to store textures and Z buffers.

Rob