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Adobe CS4 requirements

Discussion in 'Photoshop' started by Mentalhead, Feb 2, 2010.

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    Hey guys, I was just wondering can Photoshop CS4 and Illustrator CS4 work on Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 Ghz and 4 GB of RAM?
    I've read that PS requires 1.8 Ghz and IL requires 2.0 Ghz, so I'm wondering will Core 2 Duo be with that speed be enough for it?
    What are your experiences with CPU speed and these programs?
    What about CS5 requirement's? You know anything about it? I'm asking this because this is my laptop and I'm wondering do I have to buy a new one in order to run CS5 on it?
     
    Mentalhead, Feb 2, 2010 IP
  2. tsoprano

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    buddy im running cs4 photoshop on 2.8mhz pentium 4, 1gb ram. works fine under windows 7, and xp previously.
    Works wonderfully if i use my 2gb flash usb as readyboost memory.

    Before that ive run cs4 photoshop on a pentium 2 300mhz 328mb ram windows xp. no problems, obviously alittle slow. (300mhz lol, thats 10% of a 3ghz processor, and probably 5% of a duo processor).

    I have a question, does anyone have experience on running cs4 photoshop on a notebook/notepad? would love that.
     
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  3. radikaalis

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    @mentalhead:

    it should work fine, because i have tested PS 4 on 1,6 GHz, 256 DDR and 64Mb v-card (Nvidia 400MX) and ot worked fine, but started in 40+ seconds.
     
    radikaalis, Feb 2, 2010 IP
  4. Mentalhead

    Mentalhead Active Member

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    @tsoprano
    I'm guessing that you'll need bigger laptop if you want to avoid all vertical scrolling or external VGA monitor could be a good solution.
    I still haven't tried PS on laptop but I'll give you some feedback on it once I do so.
     
    Mentalhead, Feb 2, 2010 IP
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    My laptop has similar specs and CS4 works great.
     
    inspiroHost, Feb 3, 2010 IP
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    I have tried on my friend's computer :Intel cpu (506 socket 775,single core) 2.66G with 1G Ram,
    it can run cs4 on win 7 x64.

    But for flash creation/works ,
    there seems a little lag for the "Flash cs4 pro" with source file size (.fla) over 3.5xMb when exporting the swf file output.
    Not so very smooth as noted but minor issue only.
    Suggest to have computer box with 2G ram or more.
     
    ked38, Feb 3, 2010 IP
  7. Piggy

    Piggy Active Member

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    I've used CS4 on a 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, dual core, and it worked fine. Now I run it on a 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM and Dual Core, and it works flawlessly, but then again i've met the specks on my new additions. If you're not doing more than a few things at a time while you're using photoshop/illustrator, then you should be perfectly fine.
     
    Piggy, Feb 9, 2010 IP
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    I had Photoshop CS4 on a PC with 2gb of ram and a 2.2GHz processor - and it was painfully slow. So slow in fact that I had to revert to CS3 for a while because it was totally impeding my workflow.
     
    Norebbo, Feb 21, 2010 IP
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    TsAr Peon

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    Photoshop should work fine on your computer but you have not mentioned your GPU......
     
    TsAr, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    yup, what gpu that you use? it has some effect too
     
    aikidoka, Feb 23, 2010 IP
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    Photoshop CS4 works fine for me even I have 2 GB Ram Only
     
    photoshopsoc, Feb 24, 2010 IP
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    I'm running as you stated on 4Gb and Windows 7 on a 2Ghz P4. Works fine for me.
     
    martinglover, Feb 28, 2010 IP
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    Lots of RAM and at least a quad-core if you want to do real work, not just wait and wait :)
     
    milo_pl, Feb 28, 2010 IP
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    Basic requirement for Photoshop CS4

    *1.8GHz or faster processor
    *XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended) or Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (certified for 32-bit Windows XP and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista)
    *512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
    *QuickTime 7.2 software required for multimedia features
     
    meetali, Mar 3, 2010 IP
  15. Mentalhead

    Mentalhead Active Member

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    I agree with you you milo_pl.
    I have AMD 5000+ x2 64bit and 2 GB's of ram and I still have to wait when I want to save or perform some effect on A4, A3 size poster.
     
    Mentalhead, Mar 4, 2010 IP
  16. digital_helen

    digital_helen Greenhorn

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    good discussion
    got something i was looking for.

    Thanks !
     
    digital_helen, Mar 14, 2010 IP