Is my configuration is that slow for photoshop????

[dragonneedsfiree]

well this my two year old pc configuration
core 2 duo E7500(overclocked to 3.37)
gtx 260
4 gb ddr3 ram
Asus p5 g41t-mlx 3
windows 7 ultimate 64 bit

I only installed photoshop cs3 and i was surprised it was slow(only now i started using photoshop now)...what could be the reason? even NFS run was running awesome @ high settings....mhmm but i'll upgrade my pc this decemeber but till then i need to use this pc...well since cs3 is old or whats the problem?

 

[hang-the-9]

Photoshop does take a while to start up, your system is not that slow, it's probably normal speed for the application.

 

[Mu33rto]

I know that the new version of photoshop is GPU-accelerated. I don't know about the other versions. Install the trial of the new one and see if it speeds up the program for you. Also you can settup a scratch disk on another drive or usb drive to speed up the program.

 

[Draven35]

I've used Photoshop on much on slower machines (even used CS3 on slower machines) and it should be very usable...