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Per Zangenberg

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« on: April 23, 2010, 04:56:18 am »

I am thinking about swapping my Core 2 Duo e8400 (@3.7GHz) for a Quad core 9550/9650 and am wondering if LR3 will be faster in editing operations or only when exporting?
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2010, 06:49:56 am »

Hi,

My impression is that there are some gains in generating previews but probably not in editing.

What should be faster in editing? The answer may depend on the question...

Best regards
Erik


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I am thinking about swapping my Core 2 Duo e8400 (@3.7GHz) for a Quad core 9550/9650 and am wondering if LR3 will be faster in editing operations or only when exporting?
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2010, 07:01:08 am »

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Hi,

My impression is that there are some gains in generating previews but probably not in editing.

What should be faster in editing? The answer may depend on the question...

Best regards
Erik

If am thinking about when you open a new image in edit mode, it takes a certain time to open/render the preview before you can start editing.
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2010, 09:10:02 am »

I think I read somewhere that LR can only use two cores, but I forget where now.
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Per Zangenberg

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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 09:20:56 am »

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I think I read somewhere that LR can only use two cores, but I forget where now.

Well that is not true, because you can certainly use more by running more than one output thread for example.
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2010, 09:28:18 am »

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Well that is not true, because you can certainly use more by running more than one output thread for example.

You can, but you can do that with a single-core system as well. Just because it runs multiple threads doesn't mean the OS and LR can fully utilize multiple threads.

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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2010, 10:08:00 am »

LR 1, 2, and 3 all offer increased speed during editing (e.g., Develop) when using more cores (up to 8, at present).
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2010, 11:58:53 am »

Hi,

That is generating previews. My impression is that it's not faster on quadcore than on duocore, but it seems that it can generate four previews simultaneously on quad core. The effect is that the first image takes some time to load but the next ones are much faster (semi instantaneous). I don't think that LR is very good at utilizing hyperthreading. Also I'd suggest that having enough memory is most important. You also need a 64 bit operating system.

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If am thinking about when you open a new image in edit mode, it takes a certain time to open/render the preview before you can start editing.
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 03:18:06 pm »

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Hi,

That is generating previews. My impression is that it's not faster on quadcore than on duocore, but it seems that it can generate four previews simultaneously on quad core. The effect is that the first image takes some time to load but the next ones are much faster (semi instantaneous). I don't think that LR is very good at utilizing hyperthreading. Also I'd suggest that having enough memory is most important. You also need a 64 bit operating system.

Best regards
Erik

Thank you. I have 8GB RAM and am running Windows 7 64-bit.
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2010, 12:11:07 am »

Perhaps some of the bottleneck isn't due to the lack of hyperthreading and use of multiple cores - I can't think of a better expert on this than Eric since he is involved in writing some of the code so I think he's answered the question.

I think drive access is signifiant.  To maximize performance a multiple drive raid o system, maybe even SAS 15k rpm drives with lots of ram would valuable.  Then you may actually be able to get enough data off of the drive to supply those cores.
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2010, 01:56:08 am »

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Perhaps some of the bottleneck isn't due to the lack of hyperthreading and use of multiple cores - I can't think of a better expert on this than Eric since he is involved in writing some of the code so I think he's answered the question.

I think drive access is signifiant.  To maximize performance a multiple drive raid o system, maybe even SAS 15k rpm drives with lots of ram would valuable.  Then you may actually be able to get enough data off of the drive to supply those cores.

Ok, I already use 2x RAID0 drives (4 drives).
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2010, 02:09:32 am »

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LR 1, 2, and 3 all offer increased speed during editing (e.g., Develop) when using more cores (up to 8, at present).


Just to be PERFECTLY clear, you really, honestly _DO_ want to pay attention to what 'madmanchan' is saying, ok? I mean it's one thing to listen to the typical internet pun-dents, but it's another thing to listen to the guys that write the friggin' code, ok?

If Eric is saying multi cores help develop and processing then it does, ya know?
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2010, 02:48:03 am »

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Just to be PERFECTLY clear, you really, honestly _DO_ want to pay attention to what 'madmanchan' is saying, ok? I mean it's one thing to listen to the typical internet pun-dents, but it's another thing to listen to the guys that write the friggin' code, ok?

If Eric is saying multi cores help develop and processing then it does, ya know?

Jeff, I'm wondering if I'm the first to point out the huge difference between how your commentary comes across in person/videos versus in written word?
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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2010, 02:55:28 am »

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Jeff, I'm wondering if I'm the first to point out the huge difference between how your commentary comes across in person/videos versus in written word?


No...what's your point?

Again, let me be even more clear, you are a friggin' idiot if you don't pay attention to every single word Eric may have to say...

Is that more clear?

(oh, is that not what you meant?)

:~)
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« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2010, 03:01:07 am »

Hi,

I have no doubt regarding Eric's comment.

With regard to bottlenecks, I don't really see disk access as the main problem. I simply observed CPU and disk activity in the Activity Monitor, it seems to be quite low.

Different tools may work in different ways. I just tried to use a large adjustment brush on my quad core and it causes about 350% load on CPU, so it utilizes four cores pretty well. Just doing sharpening and things like that don't show any CPU activity. Selective edits is one of the areas that seem to benefit from my new computer, but I don't know if that speed up is coming from "Quad core", three memory busses or the installed 16 GByte RAM. I'd suspect that all of those help ;-)

A decent harddisk should be able to transfer about 100 MByte/s. If disk transfer rate is much below that I would not expect RAID 0 or SAS disks would speed up your work. An SSD is a different thing. SSDs have very short access times and that may have an effect.

File sizes may play an important role. Some of us use P65+ and some use much less demanding equipment. My experience is mostly based on full frame DSLR with about 24 MPixels. Would I use a P65 and generate TIFFs using Capture One or DxO disk speed may play a bigger role.

Best regards
Erik


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Perhaps some of the bottleneck isn't due to the lack of hyperthreading and use of multiple cores - I can't think of a better expert on this than Eric since he is involved in writing some of the code so I think he's answered the question.

I think drive access is signifiant.  To maximize performance a multiple drive raid o system, maybe even SAS 15k rpm drives with lots of ram would valuable.  Then you may actually be able to get enough data off of the drive to supply those cores.
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« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2010, 04:08:08 am »

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No...what's your point?

Again, let me be even more clear, you are a friggin' idiot if you don't pay attention to every single word Eric may have to say...

Is that more clear?

(oh, is that not what you meant?)

:~)

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« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2010, 04:14:24 am »

I just tried doing some stuff in the develop module in LR3 b2 and it surely using both cores on my Core 2 Duo, so I would think I would benefit from going to a Quadcore. Obviously an i7 CPU would be the best, but then I will have to get new mobo and RAM to, not to mention reinstalling Windows 7. I am therefore looking at a Q9550s.
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« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2010, 04:17:55 am »

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I just tried doing some stuff in the develop module in LR3 b2 and it surely using both cores on my Core 2 Duo, so I would think I would benefit from going to a Quadcore. Obviously an i7 CPU would be the best, but then I will have to get new mobo and RAM to, not to mention reinstalling Windows 7. I am therefore looking at a Q9550s.

Just to be clear, if you go from a 2 core to a 4 core processor, you will need to reinstall Win 7 anyway.
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« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2010, 05:48:16 am »

No...what's your point?

Again, let me be even more clear, you are a friggin' idiot if you don't pay attention to every single word Eric may have to say...

Is that more clear?

(oh, is that not what you meant?)


Ah.....the volcano just erupted again or did it spit you out?
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Per Zangenberg

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« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2010, 06:49:51 am »

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Just to be clear, if you go from a 2 core to a 4 core processor, you will need to reinstall Win 7 anyway.

I don't think so.

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-se...-quad-core.html
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