I suspect that some combination of raw CPU speed, having lots of RAM (4G or more), and fast disks, would help you more than going from 2 cores to 4. I run Lr on a dual-quad-core 6G Mac Pro meat-grinder and it's damn fast, but not *that* much faster than on my laptop. If I had to pick one factor it'd be having tons of memory. -T
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > The time to upgrade my home PC has come. My main workflow revolves around > LightRoom 2.1 and I intend to keep using LR in the future. > > The dilemma is which processor to buy - dual core or quad core. My brother > (who happens to be top grade sys admin) suggests that I buy dual core > processor because of its low heat generation and low power consumption. He > suggests that dual core is optimal balance. However he admits to have no > experience with applications such as LR. > > Thence the question. Is there any of you who was using dual core and > upgraded to quad core and noticed significant LR performance improvements? > In general, what do you suggest - dual core or quad core? > > The motherboard that I am going to buy will support both dual and quad core > so that I could theoretically upgrade in the future should I decided that > dual core is not strong enough. But I'd rather optimize this criterion up > front. > > All help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Boris > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
