03-18-2024, 04:16 AM
(03-17-2024, 07:56 PM)Punchcard Wrote: Many thanks for your response!
I scan negatives at 4800 to avoid issues with inadequate dpi on printing, especially after cropping. The negatives are nominal 2" square. Enlarging to 18.5" on 13" X 19" paper prints 519 dpi, before cropping. (I ignore the convention that 300 dpi is adequate.)
Newegg is shipping me another 16 GB. My motherboard's max is only 32 GB.
In the chart at https://browser.geekbench.com/processor-benchmarks, my Intel i3-2120 scores 501, 65 watts.
The top CPU, Intel Core i9-14900KF, scores 3108, 253 watts.
My computer is from 2012. Its ASUS motherboard is from 2015. (Windows 10 bricked my original Foxconn motherboard.)
Increasing the RAM will help, a lot, IMO ➤ but in your case don't expect miracle, because having a 13 years old dual core CPU (released first quarter of 2011) will also be another bottleneck, and if you are doing a lot of those huge images, at one point you might have to choose ➤ reduce their sizes or buy a modern computer.
It's just my thoughts.
Anyway, once your RAM is installed, please keep us updated.
Patrice