Elliotjnewman
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I have a G5 dual 2ghz PowerPC (the version with the 8 ram slots)...
I have it configured with 4x 256mb ram and 2x 512mb to tally 2GB ram, I have a 250GB HD and the geforce 5200.
I do a lot of hefty scanning - we are talking 500mb scans, so I often have vuescan and photoshop running with safari and mail open too, with two monitors...
It does struggle a fair amount, especially when I am editing and scanning at the same time - vuescan uses quite a bit of ram, as does photoshop - it uses most of the 2GB I have, let alone the other programs.
I do close mail and safari - safari takes a fair amount if I recall correctly... anyway, if I get another 1GB or 2GB of ram to fit into the spare two slots I still have, will OSX be able to manage 3BG or 4GB across all these programs, or will it only ever use 2GB unless running command line apps?
Also I am looking at getting a backup drive - is my G5 a SATA? I have been looking at the lacie 500GB drives, maybe getting 2x 250GB drives and keeping one free for important backups... any advice on a good HD?
And Aperture doesnt run on my 5200, so I was thinking of getting the 6600...? Will this be a good card for Aperture? How much does it rely on the GPU? I have read its speed is very dependant on the graphics...
Thanks for any feedback.
- Elliot
I have it configured with 4x 256mb ram and 2x 512mb to tally 2GB ram, I have a 250GB HD and the geforce 5200.
I do a lot of hefty scanning - we are talking 500mb scans, so I often have vuescan and photoshop running with safari and mail open too, with two monitors...
It does struggle a fair amount, especially when I am editing and scanning at the same time - vuescan uses quite a bit of ram, as does photoshop - it uses most of the 2GB I have, let alone the other programs.
I do close mail and safari - safari takes a fair amount if I recall correctly... anyway, if I get another 1GB or 2GB of ram to fit into the spare two slots I still have, will OSX be able to manage 3BG or 4GB across all these programs, or will it only ever use 2GB unless running command line apps?
Also I am looking at getting a backup drive - is my G5 a SATA? I have been looking at the lacie 500GB drives, maybe getting 2x 250GB drives and keeping one free for important backups... any advice on a good HD?
And Aperture doesnt run on my 5200, so I was thinking of getting the 6600...? Will this be a good card for Aperture? How much does it rely on the GPU? I have read its speed is very dependant on the graphics...
Thanks for any feedback.
- Elliot
