Most of the regulars coming to Driverheaven.net will be aware of the fact we run a custom Photoshop benchmark in all of our motherboard and memory hardware reviews. Today we are releasing the new overhauled V2, which offers full compatibility with V7 and the newest CS version. The V2 benchmark will be now featuring in our forthcoming reviews and is a fantastic real world test of cpu power and memory bandwidth. I have been using Photoshop since 1990 on the Macintosh and have taught many users how to unleash the versatility of this incredible application.
For download information and instructions on how to use the benchmark
head to this page - please note you will be able to compare
your system with future reviews with this benchmark as it will be the same one we are using.
It would be benefical if we could get a good array of testing, so if you guys could post your results it would help. Ill award a few people in the thread oversized avatars for taking the time to give system information and scoring.
1:Cpu - Speed
2:Motherboard/bios if possible
3:Ram
4:Photoshop version (V7 is slower specifically in Stained glass filter - read article text for further information)
and operating system.
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Some Comparison results
Comparison results 1 (High End Overclocked Intel PC):
Intel Extreme Edition processor 3.73 ghz @ 4.1ghz (64 bit processor), Asus P5AD2-E Motherboard 1002 bios, 2 gig of OCZ ram running at 800mhz 8-2-3-4. OCZ 520 Powerstream supply. Maxtor 300gig 16 meg Cache HD, Windows XP 64 bit Professional. Photoshop CS.
Other test results will be added shortly on other systems, for more results and to compare with our members, please visit
this thread on our forums.
1: Texturiser Test (1)
2.5 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
3.1 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
5.5 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
6.1 seconds
5: Watercolour
21.3 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
2.6 seconds
7: Stained Glass
9.5 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
5.2 seconds
9: Mosiac Tiles
12.1 seconds
10: Extrude
38 seconds
11: Smart Blur
22 seconds
12. Underpainting
18 seconds
Total time: 145.9 seconds.
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Comparison results 2 (Laptop):
1.6 Dothan, 512MB PC2700 (2x256), XP Home, Pshop 7.0, 60GB 4200rpm HDD
1: Texturiser Test (1)
4.0 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
11.4 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
13.1 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
51.3 seconds
5: Watercolour
42.5 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
14.8 seconds
7: Stained Glass
339.6 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
14.0 seconds
9: Mosiac Tiles
24.3 seconds
10: Extrude
81.9 seconds
11: Smart Blur
43.2 seconds
12. Underpainting
38.3 seconds
Total time: 678.4 seconds.
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Comparison Results 3 (High End Macintosh System):
Apple .Mac - thanks : Lars Broberg
PowerMac G5, dual 2.5, 2GB ram, WD Raptor, Photoshop CS
1: Texturiser Test (1)
10.1 seconds
2: CYMK Colour Conversion
2.2 seconds
3: RGB Colour Conversion
2.4 seconds
4: Dust and Scratches
3.5 seconds
5: Watercolour
29.9 seconds
6: Texturiser Test (2)
8.5 seconds
7: Stained Glass
10.8 seconds
8: Lighting Effects
4.4 seconds
9: Mosiac Tiles
40.4 seconds
10: Extrude
65.8 seconds
11: Smart Blur
60.3 seconds
12. Underpainting
38.4 seconds
Total time: 276.7 seconds.