Photoshop CS3

[Iffacus]

I am currently in the process of having to get a new PC or Laptop due to the motherboard on my current laptop failing, I am currently running vista, but looking at getting a windows 7 64bit machine.

Does anyone know if Photoshop CS3 will work on a 64bit machine? Or will I have to fork out for a new version?

 

[neil_g]

Cs3 is 32bit only, while it'll run fine on a 64bit OS it'll only use a tiny bit of memory and generally not be fast.

Cs4 or greater will use as much memory as you can throw at it.

 

[neil_g]

For example running the OCUK photoshop stress test on this spec:


*CPU*
i7 2600K 4.4GHz

*RAM & PS ALLOCATION*
16GB DDR3 1600MHz

*INSTALL DISK*
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD

*SCRATCH DISK*
As above

Went from 3 mins 30 seconds on cs3 to 23 seconds on cs4. CS3 usage maxes out at 3255mb memory usage.

 

[Iffacus]

Thanks for the quick response, once I've the new PC I'll try loading it on before deciding if I need the improved ram capabilities, as can't really afford a new PC but needs must & asking the wife for an increased budget to process the photos might be pushing my luck

 

[Iffacus]

For example running the OCUK photoshop stress test on this spec:

*CPU*
i7 2600K 4.4GHz

*RAM & PS ALLOCATION*
16GB DDR3 1600MHz

*INSTALL DISK*
OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD

*SCRATCH DISK*
As above

Went from 3 mins 30 seconds on cs3 to 23 seconds on cs4. CS3 usage maxes out at 3255mb memory usage.

That is quite an improvement, I might need to see what I can find to fund the additional software