Oldest system running CS2? (And it runs fine...)

[R***@adobeforums.com]

I upgraded to CS2 and I am happy to report that it runs fine, even
though my system is probably one of the oldest ones around...

No blazing speeds, but very workable (and not much slower than CS or PS7).

Windows 2000 SP4
Dell Dimension XPS T700r
Intel Pentium running at 700MHz (how's that for slow)
RAM: 768 MB
Video Card: NVidia GeForce4 MX 420
Hard Drives: Ultra66 IDE, 20 GB (system and progs) and 110 GB (Data)
Scratch file on separate partition of system drive

I just thought I'd report some good news for a change...

Regards,

Rafael

[K***@adobeforums.com]

Will be interesting to see what folks might be using. No problems with any of the CS2 components.

Dell Dimension XPS 8100
Adobe Photoshop Version: 9.0 (9.0x196)
Operating System: Windows 2000
Version: 5.0 Service Pack 4
Video Card: NVidia GeForce 3 64mb
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:15 (P4), Model:0, Stepping:10 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Physical processor count: 1
Processor speed: 1680 MHz
* Built-in memory: 1023 MB
* Free memory: 514 MB
* Memory available to Photoshop: 908 MB
* Memory used by Photoshop: 35 %
* (At launch with internet connection, MSIE 6browser, personal firewall, anti-virus, and personal web server running) Image cache levels: 2
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 55.9G, 34.2G free
F:\, 36.5G, 36.1G free

[C***@adobeforums.com]

I've got you all beat!!! The machines in our lab don't even HAVE VIDEO Cards! Just Intel controller chips...and only 495 of memory due to the fact that the controller chip shares 16 MB of memory with the system RAM! And CS2 is running fine! (I was expecting at least a small explosion or fire on at least one of the systems!!!!)

We do however have all Windows Eye Candy turned off!!! And systems set to best performance!

Lab computers are $899.00 Gateway E-4100.

OS: Windows XP Version 5.1 Service Pack 2
System Architechure: Intel CPU Family; 15; Model:2, Stepping:9 with MMX, SSE Interger, SSE FP, SSE2, HyperThreading
Processor Speed: 2593
Built-in Memory: 495 (actually 512 but 16 MBs is shared with the video card)
Free Memory:178 MB
Memory available to Photoshop 448MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 50%
Image Cache levels:4
Use image cache for histograms:NO
Application Folder: C\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch Volumes
E:/23.6G, 22.6G free.
No Video Card rather a Graphics Adapter Intel 82865G Graphics Controller

[d***@adobeforums.com]

christine, you have a p4 there (hyperthreading) he has a p3 700. :)

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Post by R***@adobeforums.com
Dell Dimension XPS T700r

I have one of these that I bought in 1999. It is a great machine that
runs CS quite well. It has one of the longer internal card slots that I
need for an old analog-to-digital converter board.

[R***@adobeforums.com]

Yes, it runs PS quite well. I like it a lot, can't believe such an old
machine can do so well when so many people with the newest and fastest
are having all kinds of problems....