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TheHarleyJoker
TheHarleyJoker
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May 23, 2019
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Is 1.8 ghz enough for Photoshop? [2019]

  • May 23, 2019
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Hi! The title says it all. Is a minimum of 1.8 ghz enough to successfully run Photoshop?

 

Much appreciate it! // Elias

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melissapiccone
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melissapicconeCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2019

How much RAM do you have? What kind of hard drive - an SSD will make your machine much faster. My daughter runs PS on her old laptop just fine. I'm not sure of the specs, but she has a 8GB RAM and a SSD.

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TheHarleyJoker
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May 23, 2019

I have 16 GB at RAM and SSD. I'm curious if the program will still be able to run with only 1.8 GHz as a base.

melissapiccone
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melissapicconeCommunity Expert
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May 23, 2019

It should. Might be a little slow, but it should run. Your small hard drive could become a problem. You might run out of scratch disk space. You want to keep that tiny hard drive with 30% of free space, which is almost impossible with 256 GB.

Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist
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Anonymous
May 23, 2019

Hi

You really need to provide more details about your system specs, 1.8 ghz means nothing, I assume you're talking about processor speed but you don't mention the type of processor you have, also how much RAM do you have installed and what type of GPU, how much free space do you have on your hard drive

You can look at the system requirements here but bear in mind this is the minimum you would need to run PS

Photoshop system requirements

    TheHarleyJoker
    TheHarleyJokerAuthor
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    May 23, 2019

    I have:

    - Intel Core i7 8:e gen. 8565U / 1.8 GHz as a base, with 4.6 at turbo speed.

    - 16 GB of RAM.

    - 256 GB SSD.

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    May 24, 2019

    Alrighty! But if the scratch disk gets full, does that affect the whole computer? For instance take over much of the harddrive storage?

    Plus, can you clear the scratch disk if it ever gets full? And if you can of course, what can an estimate amount of time be for filling up the scratch disk?


    It may be worth explaining what the scratch disk is. Photoshop does NOT fill it up over time.

    When Photoshop runs it is often working with huge images, in many layers, and it may have a history of a hundred images or more. This is far too large for the computer's RAM memory, so it is written to disk. The "scratch disk" just chooses which disk to use for this. People with large projects often add a new extra disk for this job alone.

    The problem is that disk spaces have been getting bigger and bigger, 2 TB is now a small hard drive; apps and users expect this. But SSD drives are expensive and often computers are sold with an SSD size that is a joke. The small 128 GB is not enough even for simple users. 256 GB is not enough for a photographer.

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