Boris, I don't use Lightroom, but recently upgraded my processor from D to Q. In Photoshop there is some improvement, but not much. What I do notice, though, is that there is an overall performance increase in the file handling, of all things. :-) I think the reason is that the CPU load of antivirus real-time file scanning is better distributed across four cores.
Anyway, for your kind of work I don't think there's much performance gain by going quad. OTOH, I think you will benefit much from choosing a 64-bit OS because of the ability of those to address more RAM. Jostein 2008/12/9 Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
