What computer are you using for Editing?

[Thiophilos]

So i bought the desktop.
Specs are as follows...
Processor i7-12700
Ram 32 GB
1 TB SSD
GPU- UHD770 (No additional GPU)

So i know what you are thinking you need an upgraded Video card.

So I ran a test....
Opened one of the largest sized photos i had aprox 24MB

I then selected virtually all of the fencing to remove out and even the cracks in the rocks etc. Basically everything i could force the photo to try and correct. I opened my laptop and selected everything as close to matching as i could.View attachment 281090

Results...opened up Task Manager and monitored the performance.

LAPTOP

Finished in - 9 min 41 seconds
CPU - It maxed out at 100% a few times during the processing but averaged around 85%
RAM - Maxed out virtually the entire time (Tells me 8 MB was not enough as CPU seldom maxed out)
GPU - Never went past 3% (Telling me Dedicated GPU wouldn't change much)

New DESKTOP

Finished in - 1 min 09 seconds
CPU - It maxed out at 100% virtually continuously
RAM - It peaked at 22 MB but averaged between 18-19 MB (Tells me it more than supports CPU requirements)
GPU - Never went past 1% (Telling me Dedicated GPU wouldn't change much)

Anyways more than happy with results, massive change compared to what i was working with.

Congrats on the new rig!

When you say MB, you meant GB, right?

Interesting that it didn't use the GPU much. From the Adobe site, it seems that GPU use is (as usual) extremely complicated.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-gpu-faq.html

 

[KJ_North]

Congrats on the new rig!

When you say MB, you meant GB, right?

Interesting that it didn't use the GPU much.

Yep typo me bad!

 

[AlanKlein]

I believe laptops are limited in processing ability by power demands. As the processing speed increases, the power they use increases steeply. That is a problem for a battery-operated device.

My laptop is a Dell Inspiron 14 with a 13th gen I7 processor. I find it pretty slow doing edits in LrC. It's OK for doing only a few images. It is annoying reviewing a lot of images because each change to the next pic takes a bit of time. I doubt that a new laptop would be much better because of the power issues mentioned - although maybe there could be improvements brought by additional cores or other refinements.

So I do limited editing on the road and do all final edits at home on the desktop.

My desktop is much faster and has a much better monitor but both are several years old now. I'm considering upgrading but I'm doubtful that new gear would perform much better. The last time I upgraded the box, the speed improvement was not noticeable.

How much memory. They say its more the memory than the speed of the processor.

 

[Steve DeMott]

I'm using an 12 year old self-built AMD 8320 eight-core Black Addition Processor with 32GB Ram, 1TB SSD for my main drive main drive and 7 External drives totaling 20TB, Three 27" monitors. Accessories include a Wacom tablet and a Epson 600 Scanner. I use LR & PS for photo PP.
Until recently everything has work fantastic. Now PS & Bridge will not update because my computer is "OUTDATED" largely because of AI. I'm thinking LR will be next.
Now I'm looking into a Ryzen 7 xxxx, 64GB system.

 

[JoolsW]

2015 27" iMac running OS High Sierra.

 

[Thiophilos]

How much memory. They say its more the memory than the speed of the processor.

LR doesn't actually take that much memory. Right now on my machine it is occupying 1.1 GB. Meanwhile, my web browser with several open tabs is taking 2.2 GB. I have a second browser open too, and it is at 0.5 GB.

Plus there are lots of background processes running, using around 12 GB. So my computer takes about 12 GB of memory for itself. Add in the apps and we are going to be over 16 GB at times. With my configuration, I needed to go to 32 GB to accommodate everything I want running at the same time.

Yes, memory might be more important if the computer is memory-starved. Adding more than you need doesn't help.

 

[Bill in Texas]

I built mine in 2017 but upgraded the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and sound card last December.

 

[AlanKlein]

LR doesn't actually take that much memory. Right now on my machine it is occupying 1.1 GB. Meanwhile, my web browser with several open tabs is taking 2.2 GB. I have a second browser open too, and it is at 0.5 GB.

Plus there are lots of background processes running, using around 12 GB. So my computer takes about 12 GB of memory for itself. Add in the apps and we are going to be over 16 GB at times. With my configuration, I needed to go to 32 GB to accommodate everything I want running at the same time.

Yes, memory might be more important if the computer is memory-starved. Adding more than you need doesn't help.

I have 32gb but also run video editing programs which need more space and power.

 

[misterjones]

Windows 10 running on a pair of 16 core Xeon E5-2683 v3's and 160GB of RAM. The machine itself is a Dell Precision T7910.

I really don't do much in the way of editing other than slight rotations to get the horizon level and maybe the odd crop here and there and that's really about it.