Re: Graphics cards - everything I have read says that Photoshop and lightroom are CPU intensive, not GPU intensive. Here is a good blog post to read on this from Ron Martinsen He recommends the ColorMunki. If you want to manage your printer as well - then you need a spectrophotometer, which is more expensive. If you only want to color manage the monitor(s) the less expensive devices will work. You can spend a lot of time in this area as it gets much more complicated than it would seem on the surface if you really want to understand it deeply.Ī big consideration is what devices you want to color manage. I did a lot of research a couple of months ago on color management. I understand it is part of the NVIDA’s Quadro cards so I’m certainly open to that series.
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(For those not familiar with nView, this software provided all kinds of functionality and configuration for your graphics card such as hot keys to switch between monitors and to change orientations.) Evidentially this is not available for the GeForce series with Win7. One thing that torqued me when I went to Win 7 is I lost the ability to use the nView software which is part of the XP NVIDA driver. I also run a second display for general computer use so I need dual monitor support, but nothing special on the second port. So what is a good card and what should I be looking for? Bus, memory, speed, etc.?Ĭurrently I have a GeForce 430 with 1 gig of memory.
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I’m not a gamer and never will be one (God bless them however since they do push the hardware market). There is a lot of video card information out there for gamers but not so much for photo editing. I have done a fair amount of searching over time for what would be an optimal video card for photo editing and viewing. Just finished building a new PC (do this every few years).
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Looking for suggestions from those who have experience with these or any other tools.ġ.ĝatacolor Spyder4Pro S4P100 - $169 (can upgrade software to Elite version below if I need to for $99) I was leaning towards the X-Rite devices but I’m reading about too many software weaknesses. Trying to decide between X-Rite and Spyder tools.
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I do not want to skimp on these items and of course I don’t want to buy something I don’t need or is an overkill.
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The short question is I’m looking for some advice on monitor calibration tools and graphics cards. Hope this is not too much of a departure from photog topics