I just got my Toshiba Tecra M4 - and because I w

[jbalzer]

I just got my Toshiba Tecra M4 - and because I was afraid of it not being powerful enough to run graphics-intensive programs, I maxed it out: Pentium M 2.13 ghz with 2 gig of memory and a 128 mb video card...

However, when I use the pen / stylus in photoshop or painter, the processor usage maxes out completely, and the pen moves slowly across the screen. Consquently, when I use the brush tools, instead of smooth arcs, I get chopped up lines.

It's hard for me to believe that the processor speed & ram are not enough to run these programs. Also, in either program, it doesn't seem to matter what dpi I'm working at. Usually a 72 dpi picture should eat up way less resources than a 300 dpi picture, but in this case, either size causes the pen to behave the same, and on the task manager, the CPU graph just shoots to 100% any time the brush is used at all.

I have to believe there's some kind of setting or driver problem behind this... Anyone else experience this and find a solution? I'd love any help anyone can offer.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[krad]

This is the acer specific forum...

Though you might want to see what is going on with your "scratch disks"

have you set your optumimum settings for virtual memory?

[jbalzer]

oops. didn't realize i was in that forum... sorry, I'll go post it in the Toshiba forum.