CS2 question

**gtc** · 06-17-2006, 11:39 PM

It's been bothering me for a whole year.

Is everyone else's copy of Adobe CS2 incredibly fucking slow?

If there's a fix plz help.

Oh and for some reason at work Photoshop decides to eat up 400-700MB of page file while sitting there idle with no files open, but it doesn't do that at home. WTF?

THD5% · 06-17-2006, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gtc

It's been bothering me for a whole year.

Is everyone else's copy of Adobe CS2 incredibly fucking slow?

If there's a fix plz help.

Oh and for some reason at work Photoshop decides to eat up 400-700MB of page file while sitting there idle with no files open, but it doesn't do that at home. WTF?

shitty ram? i dont know what else would do it.

sometimes computers dont like photoshop, its ram and the graphics card, i think.

Trick · 06-18-2006, 12:23 AM

I haven't had a single problem with my CS2 so far, besides an annoying pop-up error when it first boots.

There are different options and sliders you can mess around with in the preferences as far as how much memory Photoshop is allowed you use. Check that out, and see if that solves anything.

Philipio · 06-18-2006, 12:38 AM

My CS2 runs perfectly fine. No errors or anything like that, and speed isn't an issue at all.

**gtc** · 06-18-2006, 01:04 AM

Aiight thanks all.

It's just confusing because I built my computer to be better specs-wise than my work computer. This was back when we had CS, which ran fine.

Now since we got the CS2 upgrade at work, it's sluggish as hell all the time and destroying our page file. I'll check into the prefs and see what's up.

As for my PC . . . it usually hangs a lot for the first 10 minutes or so. Because of this I keep it open for days or weeks at a time. After the first bout of crappiness it's fine. I'm just confused because CS1 was never like that, and it doesn't seem like much changed.

ah well

Philipio · 06-18-2006, 01:20 AM

What are the specs on your computer? And you should probably try defragging.

**gtc** · 06-18-2006, 02:05 AM

AMD 3200+ (32bit)
1GB PC3200 RAM
huge HDD
decent 256MB video card (GF 5500 or 6200, I forget which is in there now but they have identical specs for some reason?)

PC at work is a P4 3.06 with a gig of RAM, onboard video.

I installed WinXP fresh on a brand new hard drive, then did CS2, would fragmentation still be an issue then?

Philipio · 06-18-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gtc

I installed WinXP fresh on a brand new hard drive, then did CS2, would fragmentation still be an issue then?

No, it shouldn't be. Check your processes in the task manager and see if anything's eating up memory for some reason. I don't know what to tell you other than mess with some settings in CS2 if you can, and see if anything's using up system resources.

NongDike · 06-22-2006, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gtc

AMD 3200+ (32bit)
1GB PC3200 RAM
huge HDD
decent 256MB video card (GF 5500 or 6200, I forget which is in there now but they have identical specs for some reason?)

PC at work is a P4 3.06 with a gig of RAM, onboard video.

I installed WinXP fresh on a brand new hard drive, then did CS2, would fragmentation still be an issue then?

AMD 3200 is comparable with pentium 4 isn't it?
i don't see anything wrong, your specs was good enough to running photoshop CS2...
i dunno maybe you should defragment your PC...or maybe you've install to many plugins?

Philipio · 06-22-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by NongDike

i dunno maybe you should defragment your PC...or maybe you've install to many plugins?

He already said it was on a fresh install of Windows, so his drive wouldn't be fragmented.

NongDike · 06-22-2006, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Philipio

He already said it was on a fresh install of Windows, so his drive wouldn't be fragmented.

sorry i didn't read that one

i think his problem similar as my friend's. . .
one of photoshop CS2 requirement is our windows XP must have at least service pack 1...service pack 2 is better.
my friend has been using basic Windows Xp without any service pack...and he has similar problem when opening CS2.
first ten minutes just like error or slow responding...but it will be fine later..

Trick · 06-22-2006, 11:42 PM

Service Pack 1 should be the first thing you download when you freshly install XP

Seconding this suggestion, give that a shot and see if that clears things up. I wouldn't suggest getting SP2 though, that tends to hurt more than help.

Philipio · 06-23-2006, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Trick

I wouldn't suggest getting SP2 though, that tends to hurt more than help.

Uh, what? I know there were issues with SP2 when it came out, mainly gaming related, but it's works perfectly fine now. gtc, I highly recommend SP2 if you don't have it already.

NongDike · 06-23-2006, 04:58 AM

actually i didn't know if SP2 is better or Sp1...but when i upgrade my PC to SP2, the speed was slower a bit, but my pc has been more stable.. it didn't hang often anymore^ ^

Trick · 06-23-2006, 09:36 AM

The experiences with SP1 are obviously varied - From what I've seen and have had to deal with, SP2 caused a lot of stir with general program compatibility, not just games. I never noticed any notable changes in system stability either, so it sounds like it's all very specific.