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Arty Greg
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Hey guys, Have been searching all over the place trying to find an answer to this... does anyone know if an external GPU would improve Adobe Illustrator CS6's performance on an older mac with one of those less than great built in graphics situations... seems all the rage with newer (non-pro) macs but from what I can tell Adobe CC now has selectable preferences for which GPU to use but in CS6 I can't see anything obvious...
My issue being I use AI daily for my freelance work and I get nervous taking on larger projects as when vector shapes get to a certain complexity and/or a number of blurs or textures are added to this mix I end up sitting waiting any time I even slightly move a section of artwork.
Something else I'm wondering about is I have about 41GB free on the SSD ... as the mini uses HD as virtual RAM could this potentially be my problem and simply getting a bigger SSD would help? Although I did open activity monitor and watch ram usage etc while dealing with the long redraw/load issue and nothing seemed overloaded or at it's limit ... everything was showing as well within capabilities
Well... any help appreciated!
Current system specs:
Mac mini (Late 2012) / 2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core i7 / 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB / Samsung 850Pro SSD 256GB
My issue being I use AI daily for my freelance work and I get nervous taking on larger projects as when vector shapes get to a certain complexity and/or a number of blurs or textures are added to this mix I end up sitting waiting any time I even slightly move a section of artwork.
Something else I'm wondering about is I have about 41GB free on the SSD ... as the mini uses HD as virtual RAM could this potentially be my problem and simply getting a bigger SSD would help? Although I did open activity monitor and watch ram usage etc while dealing with the long redraw/load issue and nothing seemed overloaded or at it's limit ... everything was showing as well within capabilities
Well... any help appreciated!
Current system specs:
Mac mini (Late 2012) / 2.3 GHz Intel Quad Core i7 / 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB / Samsung 850Pro SSD 256GB