Excerpted from recent post on another list.. > Okay, let's say money is less of an issue (but not > irrelevant). If I was to build a new machine today > which would be optimized for graphic applications, > here is what I would build: > > Single CPU system based on Intel P4, either Asus > or Tyan mainboard, max ram possible onboard. > > Matrox Parhelia grahic card with two or three > identical CRT screens, Eizo, IBM, Sony or Barco. > > Mass storage: Boot from U-160 or U320 SCSI hard disk. > Doesn't need to be big, 18 GB is fully okay. > Do not store anything but OS and program files on > this disk, all files created by the programs have > to be stored somewhere else. > Have a second, identical disk for the system swap > file, and a third for Photoshop swap files. > All three on an Adaptec 29160 and you have a very > capable system. > > SCSI still has a lot of advantages over IDE, features > like tagged command queuing, scatter/gather, connect/ > disconnect are simply not implemented in IDE, and > once working on a system like described above, you'll > never want anything else.
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