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  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

    For me, graphics design work isn't so much about the PC itself, as the software and interface components. A mouse is a PITA for graphics work - look at getting a good quality tablet in addition, and spend serious money on software. I'm not a fan myself, but Photoshop is the industry standard, so that's really a given, and will likely cost the same as the PC hardware it will run on. Or there is always Mac - a lot of graphics designers swear by 'em. Why not ask the people who are going to use it what they would like?

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    Rage
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    PS is great ( How can you not like it?), and you can find the old versions for acceptable money. No need to run for CS7 right away. Graphic designers love Mac, because they love design. I am not sure if there is a real difference between PS on Mac and PS on PC.

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      1. 3D design: a. VGA Card, more exactly the GPU power b. RAM 2D design: a. RAM b. RAM and don't forget c.RAM. 2. What is a clone PC ?

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      Marco Bertschi
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      Rage wrote:

      What is a clone PC ?

      Maybe this.[^] Doesn't make much sense, maybe he meant a self-built pc.

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        Rage wrote:

        What is a clone PC ?

        Maybe this.[^] Doesn't make much sense, maybe he meant a self-built pc.

        cheers Marco Bertschi


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        Kanel Roath
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        yes, that is right. self build pc

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          PS is great ( How can you not like it?), and you can find the old versions for acceptable money. No need to run for CS7 right away. Graphic designers love Mac, because they love design. I am not sure if there is a real difference between PS on Mac and PS on PC.

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          OriginalGriff
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          Rage wrote:

          PS is great ( How can you not like it?)

          The price tag? CS6 is £631.20 on Amazon[^] Plus it is good - but for what I do PaintShop Pro is fine.

          Rage wrote:

          Graphic designers love Mac, because they love design

          :doh: Now why didn't I think of that? :laugh:

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            I plan to purchase a new desktop pc for graphic designer staff. I have two question that I need the answer in order to make a consideration before I decide to proceed: 1. For a graphic designer pc, which hardware component that is important? (vga card, RAM or CPU). What is the minimum spec of these hardware? 2. Between the brand new pc and clone pc, which one should I choose? Thank, Kanel

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            Maximilien
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            Ram, graphic card, Ram, graphic card ... - Software : Photoshop and/or Illustrator depending on the type of graphic design you want to do. - RAM : to be able to work with large(r) files with lot of layers. 16+ gig . - Graphic card : most plug-ins now use the GPU instead of the CPU to render the effects. - Harddrive : FAST. to be able to load and use the disk cache.

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              Ram, graphic card, Ram, graphic card ... - Software : Photoshop and/or Illustrator depending on the type of graphic design you want to do. - RAM : to be able to work with large(r) files with lot of layers. 16+ gig . - Graphic card : most plug-ins now use the GPU instead of the CPU to render the effects. - Harddrive : FAST. to be able to load and use the disk cache.

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              Nagy Vilmos
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              You forgot shiny; it's for a designer after all.

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              • K Kanel Roath

                I plan to purchase a new desktop pc for graphic designer staff. I have two question that I need the answer in order to make a consideration before I decide to proceed: 1. For a graphic designer pc, which hardware component that is important? (vga card, RAM or CPU). What is the minimum spec of these hardware? 2. Between the brand new pc and clone pc, which one should I choose? Thank, Kanel

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                Purchasing a higher end workstation from HP, Dell or (gulp...) Apple is what I personally would do. They generally have been tested for compatability and performance and in most cases if something goes wrong they will replace the machine or component. Above all, for graphics, a calibrated professional grade monitor is very important. Make sure you have card readers for most types of portable media. For software, Adobe is the industry standard, I also use Paint Shop Pro for my use and have never had any compatability issues with the print houses.

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                • K Kanel Roath

                  I plan to purchase a new desktop pc for graphic designer staff. I have two question that I need the answer in order to make a consideration before I decide to proceed: 1. For a graphic designer pc, which hardware component that is important? (vga card, RAM or CPU). What is the minimum spec of these hardware? 2. Between the brand new pc and clone pc, which one should I choose? Thank, Kanel

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Just make sure that the monitor case is black. These designer types always want powder blue, pink, or whatever (because it looks so luvly, sitting there on the desk!), but the human eye sees colours clearer if they're surrounded by a black border.

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                  • K Kanel Roath

                    I plan to purchase a new desktop pc for graphic designer staff. I have two question that I need the answer in order to make a consideration before I decide to proceed: 1. For a graphic designer pc, which hardware component that is important? (vga card, RAM or CPU). What is the minimum spec of these hardware? 2. Between the brand new pc and clone pc, which one should I choose? Thank, Kanel

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                    Rutvik Dave
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                    You can choose any CPU, get at least 8 GB RAM. but most important is the graphics card, get the certified graphics card for your application. i.e. nVidia Quadro[^]. Most well known application supports GPU acceleration[^]. I have nVidia Quadro graphics card, they have specially prepared drivers that support many applications, even Visual Studio is in the list.

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                      Purchasing a higher end workstation from HP, Dell or (gulp...) Apple is what I personally would do. They generally have been tested for compatability and performance and in most cases if something goes wrong they will replace the machine or component. Above all, for graphics, a calibrated professional grade monitor is very important. Make sure you have card readers for most types of portable media. For software, Adobe is the industry standard, I also use Paint Shop Pro for my use and have never had any compatability issues with the print houses.

                      It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                      Maximilien
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                      Ah Yes, you are right, a calibrated monitor is essential for photo and prints.

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                      • K Kanel Roath

                        I plan to purchase a new desktop pc for graphic designer staff. I have two question that I need the answer in order to make a consideration before I decide to proceed: 1. For a graphic designer pc, which hardware component that is important? (vga card, RAM or CPU). What is the minimum spec of these hardware? 2. Between the brand new pc and clone pc, which one should I choose? Thank, Kanel

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                        wizardzz
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                        Graphic designers, don't those people love Macs?

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