MacPro Running Super slow with Photoshop CS5

My MacPro is running extremely slow with Adobe Photoshop CS5. I have tried uppping the ram usage to over 14 gigs of ram and its still even slower than my macbook pro. the healing brush is the slowest, but even layer masking seems to lag a lot. how can I fix this?

There are dozens of threads, faq, guides, tips on how to configure a Mac especially for CS5. Best places to start.
http://macperformanceguide.com/index_topics.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshopCS5-Intro.html
Scratch drive or array
Disable Spotlight on scratch
Move your files to scratch for work and then save as you go and move back to media drive when done
fast system drives. maybe even SSD if you can, or 10K 600GB VR
Upping RAM helps if you work with large images, layers, etc (in some cases 16 or 24 or 32GB, and if you can run in 64-bit mode get a little better).
Some specs on the setup?
http://www.macgurus.com/guides/storageaccelguide.php
http://homepage.mac.com/boots911/.Public/PhotoshopAccelerationBasics2.4W.pdf
Quadro CX (Windows CUDA for Photoshop Windows only)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/productquadro_cxus.html
Adobe Optimize CS5 Mac
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404440.html

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