Chris,
I use CS on similarly specced machines and have not suffered any general slowdowns since reconfiguring my virtual memory (Windows XP) as suggested, by Adobe, in an earlier thread (see below).
Now CS runs at least as fast as PS7 - this may also cure your File Browser slowdown.
If you need any more help on the procedure, contact me off-list., it works a treat.
Jonathan Coleman Cavendish Studios Chester
Jonathan,
I'm the guy that's doing the bulk of performance testing for Photoshop, so I'd like to see if we can figure out a way to improve your systems's performance.
First of all you should try moving the memory slider down incrementally, to see if that improves performance (85% might still be too high).
Also, I saw the following post to the user-to-user forums, and was wondering if you've played with your virtual memory settings:
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*Jeff Anduza** - 07:35pm Feb 17, 2004 Pacific* (# 10 of 11)
I found the solution:
The problem was with virtual memory, specifically the paging file was fragmented.
This was not an issue with applications other than Photoshop. (The OS would really write the page file when Photoshop was minimized).
This was fixed by changing the paging file's location from my main drive to my scratch drive, and then back to the main drive.
In addition I changed the size of the page file from 1.5 times RAM to 2 times RAM (3GB to 4GB).
The entire system improved, dramatically, but I never would have noticed without Photoshop running. Hope this helps.
Microsoft had this article available:
http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/columns/mcfedries/03june16.asp
Feel free to contact me directly with any other questions or comments.
-Adam
Adam Jerugim Photoshop QE Product Lead Adobe Systems, Inc. (408) 536-2296
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