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Minimum Computer Requirements for Running Photoshop

Discussion in 'Photoshop' started by secureED, Oct 18, 2010.

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    I have a Photoshop CS3 installer and I'm buying a new laptop. Will an i5 processor actually affect the performance of this software if installed?
     
    secureED, Oct 18, 2010 IP
  2. Nigel Lew

    Nigel Lew Notable Member

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    I5 will be fine. Vid card is somewhat important depending on what you are doing as well.

    Nigel
     
    Nigel Lew, Oct 20, 2010 IP
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    RadioBounce Banned

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    It really depends on what you are going to be doing with Photoshop.

    You need a good hard drive atleast 100GB, an i5 processor is perfect, good memory atleast 2GB but 4GB would be better, good graphics card.

    Most newish computers can handle Photoshop perfectly.
     
    RadioBounce, Oct 20, 2010 IP
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    I'm running Photoshop CS5 on an i5 laptop (it's open now, along with dreamweaver, zend studio, about a dozen browser windows and skype), and it runs perfectly. Any i5 laptop will have enough spec to run CS3, almost certainly.
     
    Tastyweb, Oct 21, 2010 IP
  5. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    I'm using Photoshop CS3 on my laptop with Core 2 Duo processor without any problem. Running CS3 on i5 should be no problem too.

    - Dynashox -
     
    dynashox, Oct 21, 2010 IP
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    I am using core to duo processor
    with window 7,i install Photoshop 7
    in my laptop and its working fabulous
    there is no problem with you in i5
    processor.
     
    love**, Oct 23, 2010 IP
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    When I had Win 7..My specs were Core 2 Duo, Win7, 4gig ram, 500gig hd, built in nvidia graphics and I ran CS5 with no problem at all
     
    ethikz, Oct 26, 2010 IP
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    You are thinking about a video card, and why not upgrade to cs5 there son? ...its FREE cough cough
     
    screwebay, Nov 1, 2010 IP
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    anything above a core 2 duo that is 2 ghz or higher and more than 2 gb of RAM will run photoshop nicely.
     
    Suukai, Nov 1, 2010 IP
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    no problem with your specs, PS5 or lower version will perform nicely.
     
    xavianer, Nov 3, 2010 IP