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<blockquote data-quote="ttownfire" data-source="post: 372430" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>Thanks Nick and Sachsr1! I see what your saying... I probably need to spend some more time at the Mac store, and Sachsr1 was kind enough to tell me about another place in Tucson that sells Mac goodness. </p><p></p><p>The NEED portion of your post is really what I'm asking. I don't play games at all. So I'm really stuck on whether I NEED a graphics card. and is that Gcard worth $700? </p><p></p><p>Or do I scrap the whole laptop idea and buy the iMac? </p><p></p><p>Bottom line: I can't find any information that pertains to the usefulness of graphics cards for 2D graphic apps... maybe I need to look harder.</p><p></p><p>Edit:</p><p>As it turns out, I needed to be more OS neutral in my google search. Although these links lead to PC websites, I find the information to be interesting. Knowing that photoshop was the biggest resource hog of my current PC. I decided to google: 'Graphic card photoshop' </p><p></p><p>I also found this highly interesting: <a href="http://www.barefeats.com/mbcd8.html" target="_blank">http://www.barefeats.com/mbcd8.html</a></p><p></p><p>The consensus is that regular 2D apps (photoshop, Fireworks) will NOT utilize a graphics card GPU for calculations. The best thing you can do to optimize your machine for Photoshop, et al. would be to:</p><p>1. Get the biggest CPU possible</p><p>2. Max out RAM </p><p>3. Possibly have a scratch disk. </p><p></p><p>So... what exactly am I gaining with the Pro?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ttownfire, post: 372430, member: 30007"] Thanks Nick and Sachsr1! I see what your saying... I probably need to spend some more time at the Mac store, and Sachsr1 was kind enough to tell me about another place in Tucson that sells Mac goodness. The NEED portion of your post is really what I'm asking. I don't play games at all. So I'm really stuck on whether I NEED a graphics card. and is that Gcard worth $700? Or do I scrap the whole laptop idea and buy the iMac? Bottom line: I can't find any information that pertains to the usefulness of graphics cards for 2D graphic apps... maybe I need to look harder. Edit: As it turns out, I needed to be more OS neutral in my google search. Although these links lead to PC websites, I find the information to be interesting. Knowing that photoshop was the biggest resource hog of my current PC. I decided to google: 'Graphic card photoshop' I also found this highly interesting: [url]http://www.barefeats.com/mbcd8.html[/url] The consensus is that regular 2D apps (photoshop, Fireworks) will NOT utilize a graphics card GPU for calculations. The best thing you can do to optimize your machine for Photoshop, et al. would be to: 1. Get the biggest CPU possible 2. Max out RAM 3. Possibly have a scratch disk. So... what exactly am I gaining with the Pro? [/QUOTE]
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