I am also really interested in how Affinity´s performance scales with hardware.
Now that it will be released for windows I definitely want to buy it and I plan to get a new system for it. I think about purchasing 16GB (DDR4), a dedicated GPU and either an i5 (4 cores) or a i7 (8 threads). My goal is a silent and efficient system, not so much the best beast you can get. But I don´t want to just meet the minimum or lower end requirements either. I want to enjoy really good performance but if I could save the costs of a i7 that would be nice.
The Affinity suite would be used for:
- normal photo editing and retouching of max. 18MP photos
- creating logos
- layouting text and pictures in multipage documents
Now I wonder:
- would a i5 6th generation be good?
- does cpu speed matter?
- does Affinity benefit from a dedicated GPU or would the integrated Intel HD 530 perform the same?
- do I have to consider buying a i7 with hyperthreading for optimal performance?
I am pretty sure my planed setup with a i5 and even the integrated GPU would work, somehow. But I would appreciate to hear some words from the devs about the overall performance of Affinty on Windows compared to lets say Adobe CS6 on Windows.
Thanks in advance and best regards,
sweeb
