Quote Originally Posted by neuroanatomist


Yes, it will benefit. A better processor means faster image processing. For example, I went from a 17" Core Duo MacBook Pro to a 17" Core i5 MacBook Pro (now the previous generation of MBP with4 virtual cores), and DxO does my RAW-to-JPG conversions about twice as fast (~30 s per image vs. just over 1 minute per image), and spreads the load across all 4 cores. More significantly, with my old MBP, processing a set of images was pretty much all I could do - today, I processed a set of 90+ images while browsing the internet in OS X and dealing with emails in MS Outlook and a flowchart in MS Project running on a Windows virtual machine, with no significant impact from the image conversions running in DxO.

John


Now you have me testing this out. 30 seconds per picture sounds kind of slow. Maybe DxO is slower than DPP? Or its doing more functions when it converts?


I just tested how long it takes to convert on the Dell at work using DPP, it has a Intel Core Duo, T9300 @ 2.5ghz and its about 2 and half years old now. It took 16 seconds per conversion. (5D Mark II full size RAW file)


I am going to test this out on the wifes laptop and I Mac when I get home and the Mac Pro as well.


Rick