Ram Or Graphics Card- Intel Imac. Use: Graphic Design (photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut)?
I own an Intel iMac with 2gigs of ram. I do alot of stuf in After Effects, photoshop, and Final Cut Pro. My computer can handle them indidually but not perfect, especially After Effects. I also have a second screen attachted to my computer (nothing special). Here the details (copied straight from “About this Mac”
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro:
Chipset Model: ATI,RadeonHD2600
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0×1002)
Device ID: 0×9583
Revision ID: 0×0000
ROM Revision: 113-B2250F-219
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.219
Displays:
iMac:
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Built-In: Yes
DELL 1800FP:
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz
Depth: 32-bit Color
Core Image: Hardware Accelerated
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Quartz Extreme: Supported
Rotation: Supported
Thats all my infomartion regarding displays.
SO THE ACTUAL QUESTION… Should i try to get a better graphics card, or more ram? If Graphics card, which one? or is there a way to optimize the way these programs run on my memory.
Thanks in advance.
