Quad G5 Issues - Adobe CS2

Hi, I've been using a quad g5 at work now and I might as well go back to the dual g5.
But I don't think its the quad g5's fault.
It's just the programs I run on it are pretty unstable, namely Adobe Creative Suite 2..
Photoshop fails to open files, crashes unexpectedly, and hangs for 10 minutes at a time, then suddenly recovers... the cpu reads "29%".. not near 100%.. as the spinning beach ball mocks me...
This is NOT GOOD.
Illustrator hangs for a few minutes sometimes, and sometimes just crashes unexpectedly, I've looked on message boards and other posts at adobe about these problems but nobody seems to know what is wrong..
The most important thing to note here is that everything worked fine on the Dual G5, the programs work fine on my powerbook g5 too, I work the entire weekend without shutting down or force quitting anything... its just the quad, everything is installed the same too, I am wondering if it is a hardware issue with the Quad G5???
Anyone else have issues with CS2?
Also, could someone point me to a good benchmark program?
Thanks for your imput!
-Stuart

Photoshop is particularly tough on marginal RAM.
You might try running the Apple Hardware Test in Loop Mode overnight (Control + L before selecting "Extended Test"). This will not only test the RAM, but the logic board, the video card, and hard drive as well.
Also- memtest is an excellent RAM diagnostic. You can run it from within Single User Mode (restart with command + S) or use the front-end GUI rember with memtest.
memtest will often find faulty RAM on the first go around where sometimes Apple Hardware Test will not.
Be sure to repair permissions before and after any software install or update, Apple or third-party. (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility>Repair Permissions)
PshopTest is a good test routine to help improve Photoshop performance and optimization.
What other hardware is attached to the computer?
How much RAM and what kind is installed now?
G5 Quad Mac OS X (10.4)

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