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Will New Graphics Card Speed Things Up?

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BadChough

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Dec 20, 2007
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I have recently started using Photoshop CC and find that my PC is not up to the job of processing the large files involved. I'm looking at ways to improve things without having to invest in a new PC.
Current set up is:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ 2.7GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
32 bit Windows 7
4GB RAM
My system could be changed to 64bit, and I have contemplated doing a Dual Boot installation on a Partition to achieve that, and imagine that it would then be worth increasing the RAM. I find the prospect daunting, but i could give it a go.
I also wonder if I should be looking for a newer Graphics Card, but I don't want to set off doing all these things if, in the end, I am not likely so see much improvement.
I'd be very interested in your opinions. Please don't get too technical, as I am a normal human being.
Thanks.
 
Never had a big issue with PNY, but I don't have much from them either. I just had to RMA a 480 GB SSD of theirs, that the write speed dropped from 530mbs to 24 mbs in 7 months. I replaced it with a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB that is fantastic. I have also had good luck with the OZC Vertex and Crucial SSD, put a Mushkin in my wife's laptop, and that has been running strong for over a year now. As to video cards, I like MSI, and the power I quoted earlier was from a MSI list of cards. I also tend to like EVGA,Asus,and Gigabyte.
 
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