• Adobe After Effects

  PC configuration for CS3

  Posted by John Vanaman on October 4, 2007 at 2:07 am

  Ok so here are my specs. The question is, will this PC have enough oompfff to run The CS3 production bundle and Windows Vista together

  SPECS ON MY MACHINE:

  Windows Vista Premium

  HP Media Center PC m1180n

  NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS (graphics card dual monitors)

  550 Duo processor Intel Pentium 4 3.40GHz with hyperthreading.

  3 Gig RAM

  Thanks.

  J

  Steve Roberts replied 18 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  Brendan Coots

  October 4, 2007 at 4:36 am

  First of all that processor is NOT dual core. Hyper-threading is just a little trick that allows multiple apps to access the CPU at once, but it is not (and will never match the performance of) a true dual-core processor.

  Second, I would step up to a true dual core machine. This HP model is very outdated (2004, almost an eternity in computer time) and you could get much better for fairly cheap. That amount of RAM and the video card are fine, but the computer itself is a bit dated.
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  Steve Roberts

  October 4, 2007 at 12:02 pm

  … and try to get XP Pro. Reports indicate that if you have the choice, avoid Vista for professional graphic apps.
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  John Vanaman

  October 4, 2007 at 1:21 pm

  Thanks! Great info

  I work at a university and can get PC’s at great prices, but they use Dell as their provider. Any thoughts on Dell machines for this kind of work?

  J
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  Kevin Camp

  October 4, 2007 at 1:47 pm

  dell used to make some pretty good higher end machines several years ago…. but i haven’t kept up much with the latest pc developments, i’ve been in a mac shop for several years now… although i’ve read great things about their more recent high end displays.

  Kevin Camp
  Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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  Brendan Coots

  October 4, 2007 at 5:56 pm

  My studio uses Dell displays exclusively, even on our macs, just because they are so nice and much cheaper than Apple’s displays.

  As for workstations, they have some decent options. My only gripe is that they use cheap components, and support is a joke. In general, I would recommend going for the Inspiron 530 or better (ideally an XPS 410 or better), if you can afford it.
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  Steve Roberts

  October 5, 2007 at 2:17 pm

  From what I’ve heard, Dell’s consumer support is not good, but I’ve found that their business support is great.
  Two-tier? Yes.

  … but if you buy a business system as a business, you should be golden.

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