Recent content by saranac

Yeah, I can't really figure this one out. Some people say Photoshop will use it for resizing/textures, others say that Premiere is really the only CS app that uses CUDA while Photoshop relies more on OpenGL... I went with ATI only because I'm more familiar with them.

I forgot to mention that I have a 500gb 7200rpm hitachi drive that I will be using for storage. Do you have any recommendation for a video card? I'm really clueless in that department, but am under the assumption that Photoshop make some use of OpenGL but that it doesn't rely on a video card...

How does this sound? DVD: Sony Optiarc link - $20 Case: Coolermaster CM 690 II link - $80 GFX: Sapphire 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 link - $50 PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W link - $55 RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1333 link - $80 MOBO: ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 usb3 sata III link...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc 95% Photoshop CS 5, 5% web browsing, 0% gaming. I like intel processors and could probably use a good bit of ram 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? $700-800 shipped. Would prefer the lower...