which new pc – dual or quad which graphics?
Posted by on Tuesday Jan 26, 2010 Under college dating
I want to buy a new pc to use primarily with video and photo editing (PREMIERE ELEMENTS 4 & PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6). I’m looking for something that can easily handle these two programs without seizing / slowing down when project become complex.
At the moment I have 3 PCs on the shortlist. all have 500GB hard disk and 4 GB RAM. all will run on Vista Home Premium 32 bit (I don’t believe programs above are compatible with 64 bit.)
The PCs differ in:
PC 1.
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.0 GHz
Graphics: Ati Radeon HD 2600 (256 MB).
PC 2
CPU: Intel Core 2 quad-core Q6600 2.40 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (512 MB).
PC 3
As PC 2 but graphics is a Nvidia GeForce 9300 (256mb)
There is little difference in price.
My main question, which of these PCs would be the better buy: is it better to have a faster dual core or a slower quad? Quads certainly seem to feature more on the market and I wouldn’t want to get something already out of date.
Also how important is the graphics card for these type of software? I am not interested in gaming but am interested in the more advanced features of photo & video editing.
Thanks in advance
