Lo people,
I'm a little perplexed.
QX6700 with 4 gig ram
XP Pro 32bit
Intel mobo
Paint Shop Pro 8
24 " Hyundai tft (stunning it is, too)
Had an ATI HD 2600 card in. 256mb
Now has an ATI X1900 XT in. 512mb
Why would photo's open up notably faster in Paint Shop Pro with the larger frame buffer?
It's quite noticeable. As soon as the card was swapped, the photo's opened quicker. The only other thing that changed was going from a Dec '08 Cat driver to March '09 when the card was swapped.
Both cards run GDDR3, though the X1900 is faster ram, and on a 256bit bus.
But surely that can't make a difference in 2d photo's.
Gaming, bleedin' obvious. Desktop is same as before. Apps open same speed. Its the same CPU and RAm amd MOBO and HDD after all.
But photo's open quicker. I cant get my head around the maths. Not enough coffee I guess. These arew 10mp photo's but whether they are opened singularly or in multiple's... it's faster. Are photo's moved to the frame buffer any quicker if there is more of it?
Surely 256mb frame buffer was enough for one 10mp photo?
Suffice it to say, I lost my X1900 XTto my Dad and have returned with an HD2600 :-/ but he's happy so that's good.


LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks
Reply With Quote
SCAN 3XS Systems Support
SCAN.care@HEXUS
