Bart,
Maybe off topic, but if one uses --concurrently -- PS, LR, AP, and then open Topaz studio and then use Topaz Studio to open Impressions, etc, that is a hell of a lot of memory chewing apps that are open.
I am gearing up for a new computer build this fall, likely the new AMD threadripper, and even now AMD has lots of core choices (with and without hyper).
Do you have any idea how topaz and AP respond to more Cores?
Puget has done tests on PS and LR and say performance maxes out at 5/6 cores. I have emailed them that the real use test, especially for the next years, is this concurrent PS, LR, AP, Topaz app situation. I am expecting that more than 5/6 cores are beneficial.
The other side of the coin is obviously memory. Right now with my 4777K intel with 32Gigs, if I simultaneously open all of those apps, everything slows down a lot and often PS and/or LR crash. The main reason that I am likely to go threadripper is I am feeling that I do not want a ceiling of 64TB of Ram, but may even start with 128.
Do you have an opinion about memory usage/needs with PS, LR, AP, Topaz, etc?
In addition, the converse is not only avoiding slowdowns, but also speed ups. With my current system a round trip of LR to PS to AP/Topaz, and back to LR can take quite some time. With the approach I use, I do not see much opportunity to use actions/automation.
Thanks,
Bill