Dear Mac Pro upgrade hardware & Photoshop CS5 64 bit speed experts...

I'm an illustrator that works w/ brushes(can they ever get fast enough ?) in PS CS5 and, at times, some very large files:
Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon ("early 2008"), 20 GB or RAM
OS 10.6.6 Running in 64bit
Boot(system only) drive: 60 GB OWC Mercury Extreme SSD
Data drive(user folder): 860 GB Striped RAID - from 3 partitions of 3 7200 RPM drives
Scratch drive: 96 GB Striped RAID - from 3 partitions of 3 7200 RPM drives
Storage drive: 1 TB (includes time machine partition)
What is my next "biggest bang for the buck" hardware move for speed of PS CS5 (done lots of reading on the software prefs/settings)?:
Is it still more memory - 24 GB?
Or a single OWC SSD drive for data(120 GB -- I can dump a lot more items in data to storage HD)?
Or a smaller OWC SSD for scratch?
Thank you!
T

Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon ("early 2008"), 20 GB or RAM
3GHz in 2006 is not the 2.8GHz 2010. But if 20GB works for you, adding an SSD boot drive, and an SSD for scratch might be good investments for now instead. 5365 (Woodcrest 8-core) are still a little expensive.
DDR3 is of course faster, more bandwidth, and not having to deal with FBDIMMs.
$3100 for 3.33 4-core / 3-4 x 8GB for 24-32GB RAM might not be best investment.
Booting in 64-bit mode pays a dividend.
Barefeats has gone head to head with 2008s 2.8/3.0/3.2 vs the newest Mac Pro 2009/2010s.
The nice thing is that CS5 has only lately begun to catch up to Snow Leopard, and there will be another round of catch-up if you want a year with Lion and whenever CS6 (which will be better optimized).
You can't add 5870 and gain much (not the PCIe 2.0 bandwidth) or Quadro 4000 (wrong EFI firmware). PCIe 3.0 is probably another year plus away.
People that went from 2006 to 2008 felt the difference even though that too was "small" it was 2.8GHz but 8-core.

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Dear photoshop CS5 64 bit speed experts...

I'm an illustrator that works w/ brushes(can they ever get fast enough ?) in PS CS5 and, at times, some very large files:
Mac Pro 2 x 3 GHz Quad-core Intel Xeon ("early 2008"), 20 GB or RAM
OS 10.6.6 Running in 64bit
Boot(system only) drive: 60 GB OWC Mercury Extreme SSD
Data drive(user folder): 860 GB Striped RAID - from 3 partitions of 3 7200 RPM drives
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What is my next "biggest bang for the buck" hardware move for speed of PS CS5 (done lots of reading on the software prefs/settings)?:
Is it still more memory - 24 GB?
Or a single OWC SSD drive for data(120 GB -- I can dump a lot more items in data to storage HD)?
Or a smaller OWC SSD for scratch?
Thank you!
T

I really do appreciate your help and input -- thank you! But, in a nutshell, you basically said/implied, his advice regarding RAID were slow and unreliable (I get the RAID risk issue, and one's acceptance of it or not, so fair enough there!).
I can't debate the minutia into the higher geek levels of this stuff(and won't), and thats' where a helpful page like Lloyd's is so well received out there. Folks like me are in constant search of real world info (Yes, I feel he tries to get very "real world" on his pages). What other 3rd party, willing to stick their neck out, puts the effort/time like he does w/ PS and Mac Pros as well presented for non geeks to "get"... who? Nobody else I've found, not even close? You can accuse me of drinking the kool-aid, but his Mac performance guide site provides such a great free service.
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The best advice I can give you is to follow LLoyd Chambers on his Blog and on Twitter:
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Nov 1 04:45:19 192-168-1-11.tpgi.com.au InstallAssistant[721]: @(#)PROGRAM:IA PROJECT:InstallAssistant-532
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Nov 1 04:45:19 192-168-1-11.tpgi.com.au InstallAssistant[721]: Env: HOME=/Users/brett
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Nov 1 04:50:12 192-168-1-11.tpgi.com.au InstallAssistantTool[738]: Failed to prep /Volumes/OS X Install ESD for brtool
Nov 1 04:50:12 192-168-1-11.tpgi.com.au InstallAssistantTool[738]: Failed to prep /Volumes/OS X Base System for brtool
Nov 1 04:50:13 192-168-1-11.tpgi.com.au InstallAssistant[721]: Failed to write mutable product url to NVRAM

Upgrade to Photoshop CS5 from CS3/CS2/6.0

I purchased Adobe Photoshop 6.0, then upgraded to CS2, then CS3.
Can I upgrade to CS5?
If so, can I install the trial and later activate it once I have the key?
Since the key is an upgrade key, what is it going to ask for to verify the fact that the CS3 version (which was an upgrade) was based on a full retail version?
The reason for all these questions is that I'm going to be upgrading from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. I'd like to just install Photoshop CS5 and try it out, then order the upgrade to complete the install later. I'm concerned about an upgrade not being appropriate (1) and a need to install Photoshop CS3 completely and then run the update to CS5. If I have to do that, I may just install CS3 after my Windows upgrade.
Thanks in advance for your responses. While I did see some questions about upgrading, I missed this exact scenario if it was previously posted.

The reason for all these questions is that I'm going to be upgrading from Vista 32 bit to Windows 7 64 bit. I'd like to just install Photoshop CS5 and try it out, then order the upgrade to complete the install later. I'm concerned about an upgrade not being appropriate (1) and a need to install Photoshop CS3 completely and then run the update to CS5. If I have to do that, I may just install CS3 after my Windows upgrade.osted.
The upgrade process is really quite straightforward these days - even on a new box which has never previously had Adobe software installed.
Upgrades are as good as full versions once installed. When installing upgrades, all that matters is that you have a serial number to an earlier qualifying version handy - Adobe has given up tracing this all the way back to your full version which could be up to 20 years ago. Upgrade serial numbers can only be verified by serial numbers up to 3 versions back anyway so Photoshop CS does not qualify for a CS5 upgrade.
There's no need to install older versions on a new computer before installing the CS5 upgrade version. It's actually the full code on the disk regardless of whether you purchased a full version or an upgrade - the serial number tells the installer if you've bought an upgrade or full version license.
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I have an old Mac Pro 1.1 (2006/7) running 10.6.8. Is it possible for me to boot it in 64 bit mode?
Is there any hardware/firmware I can purchase in order to make it happen?
If not, will it make sense for me to use applications that have 64 bit access? (Im using Logic Pro in 64 bit mode), will they utilize more than 4 Gigs of RAM? (I have 11 G of RAM installed)?
Thanks for any help you can shed in this issue!

No. That machine only has a 32-bit kernel.
Mac OS X v10.6: Macs that use the 64-bit kernel
In terminal type,
uname -a
If the output shows RELEASE_i386 you have a 32-bit kernel and cannot boot in 64-bit mode.

G5 to Mac pro upgrade/transfer/cannibal advice needed

My Mac g5 (2.5 dual) was dead this morning, (PMU or the motherboard ???). Rather than putting more money into it, I purchased a new Mac Pro today. Since I can't start up my old computer at all, I need some upgrade/transfer/cannibalize advice.
1) Can I just put my drives from the G5 into the new drive slots? (I will really need to get to my files ASAP when it gets here)
2) Do you recommend using Migration Assistant or clean installs of all programs? Obviously, MA would be so much faster but I am not sure how dependable it is
3) Can I use the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256MB) card from the G5 as an extra? Or just sell it with the G5 for parts?
4) Is there a list somewhere that shows compatible hardware and software? I'm using 10.5 so Snow Leopard is new to me. I'd like to keep from spending money on peripherals.
5) Did I forget anything? Any additional tips would be appreciated
TIA

Hi-
There is a list of SL compatible software here:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
More here:
http://www.macintouch.com/specialreports/snowleopard/slcompat.html
Here is an article on incompatible apps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
Another:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Listof_Applications_Not_Compatible_with_SnowLeopard
Hardware-wise, peripherals shouldn't be much of an issue unless they require third party drivers that weren't updated.
Your G5 internal parts are limited to hard drives for compatibility.
You do want to be aware of hard drive format differences for Intel Macs and PPC Macs regarding GPT (GUID Partition Table) and Apple Partition Map (APM).
Intel Macs boot to either, but PPC Macs only boot to APM.
Intel Mac software (OS) installer only want to install and update to GPT, so if you want to use existing drives to install OS X SL to, you will need to reformat the drive.

Power Mac G4 Upgrading Hardware & Software............

Hi everyone, for the first time I joining the forum.
Ok I think I have done my home work searching for technical support for hardware & software for this Power Mac G4 (AGP)
I decided to keep one machine after my Company decide take 8 Machine to the recycle and they strip the machine taking out most of the hardware, Hard Drive, Video card, etc.
Power Mac G4 (AGP0)
I was able to boost the machine Mac OS 9.2 with 10GB'HD, PowerPC G4 Processor'450'MHZ, Ram 128X2=256 a standard video Card.
Now I want to upgrade Hardware and Software from the one mentioned above to the fallow >>>
Software Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or later Version Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
Using the fallowing Hardware.
Hard Drivve...from Western Digital EIDE'HD 160 GB, 100 MB/s, 8 MB Cache,7200 RPM
Processor.....from Sonnet Encore™/ST G4 1.8 GHz orless G4 1. GHz.
Ram...........from Crucial 512MB X 3 = 1.5GB ,168-pin DIMM, SDRAM, PC133 memory
Video Card....from NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4600 or.
Video Card....from AMD RADEON 9800 AGP 128MB PRO MAC EDITION.
I do know that I need 867. MHz Processor speed or faster and
9GB of available disk space for the Leopard etc.
So please let me know if there's anything I'm missing and I will post the update when I get all this together or step by step and I don't want to spend to much $$

Hi guys,
Mu name is leon. I am just came across yours conversation about upgrading harwdare and software.
The reason I am in here it because I would like to upgrade my Mac OS 10.2.8 system to Mac OS 10.5 Leopard system as well. I am not sure how smooth this process takes for me to upgrade interms of ( not to loose my graphic Adobe softwares and Wed design softwares that works under this opearting system ). As far as articles goes, Leopard is pretty good right know for Mac OS users. I didn't have experince upgrading operating system on Macintosh platform before. I am just use my macintosh a lot for graphic applications, web applcations and internet. So I would like to convince myself, if buy a new operating system ( Leopard ), I am going to have a better performance on my Mac that I have right know, and all my softwares are going to perfrom as well. Actually Safari 1.0.3 was a pretty good internet browser for me until now, a lot of websites I can open or after get in, application is quite on me. So I would like you guys to ask your advice about upgrading issues.
I have the following specs about my Mac:
System version: Mac OS X 10.2.8
Boot valume: Macintosh HD
Machine speed: 1.250 Ghz
Bus speed: 167 MHZ
Number of processors: 2
L2 cash size: 256 K ( times 2 )
L3 cash size: 1 MB ( times 2 )
Machine model: Power Mac G4 ( version 3.2 )
DDR SDRAM: 256 MB
Thanks,
Leon.

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