Re: Question on Video RAM
Re: Question on Video RAM
- Subject: Re: Question on Video RAM
- From: Matt Beals <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:15:15 -0800
- Thread-topic: Question on Video RAM
There have been rumblings about Apple and other developers taking advantage
of GPU memory for speeding up general system performance by taking advantage
of GPU clock cycles. It sounds almost like what Radius did with their Rocket
cards. Not quite the same, but similar idea.
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> From: Rolf Gierling <email@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:05:42 +0100
> To: colorsync-users colorsync list <email@hidden>, Mark
> Rice <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Question on Video RAM
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> that lot of VRAM would only benefit Photoshop if
> it would use the GPU (graphics card unit).
> I don't even know about any Photoshop plugin that
> renders on the graphics card. (Someone correct
> me if I'm wrong)
>
> Fact is, that using the GPU could easily speed up renderings
> with a factor of 4. ATI just released a tool to compute
> videos using the GPU. NVIDIA has a sample Photoshop
> plugin for using the GPU. Adobe Premiere (PC only)
> uses the GPU. CoreImage in Apples Tiger uses the GPU,
> but there is no CoreImage on PC, so Adobe won't use it.
>
> So the answer is yes if you are doing video work or if
> you suspect that things may change soon. Otherwise,
> the answer is no.
>
> Regards
>
> Rolf
>
> Am 05.02.2006 um 22:54 schrieb Mark Rice:
>
>> Here is a question on improving Photoshop performance: I know that
>> every
>> bit of RAM improves Photoshop performance, but what about Video RAM?
>> Is it
>> worth buying a card with 512 MB of VRAM, or is it a waste of money?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark Rice
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