Topaz AI Processing Time: I had mixed feeling about where to post this and felt that "Main Photography Discussion" was where I had seen the most about using Topaz so that is where I...

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

I had mixed feeling about where to post this and felt that "Main Photography Discussion" was where I had seen the most about using Topaz so that is where I put it. Not gonna break my heart if ADMIN has a different opinion and moves it.

Trying to use Topaz AI to process some pictures, where I was changes some switches and sliders, and I thought a lot of my time was waiting for the PC/Topaz AI to adjust the picture based on my changes.

I have been at the point that I had GAS re. getting a new PC... have just acquired same... and I thought I would run a time test.

At this point, I have 3 PCs, a laptop and 2 desktops. I started with the laptop and the older PC and selected a 72 picture assortment (all JPGs). The JPGs are a wide assortment of pictures taken with 3 different Canon cameras and some that were scanned (some by me and home and some by a professional lab). After they were drag-and-dropped on to Topaz AI 2.0.4 I just pressed the buttons to perform default program processing and save the files. Then, I installed Topaz on the new desktop PC, deauthorized the Topaz AI copy on the old desktop (only 2 at a time are allowed) and ran the same files on the new desktop PC.

Result is... it makes a hell of a difference. I think I will be more inclined to use Topaz and not feel like I am spending too much time at it.

PCs and times below. The system descriptions are the parts that I feel made the difference in running Topaz AI. By the way, a new version of Topaz is out now... but I was not going to re-run all the files so I stuck with v 2.0.4 for all of the cases:

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Laptop - Dell XPS17-9700 (about 3 years old)
Processor: Intel Core i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM: 32.0 GB (32GB DDR4-2933MHz, 2x16G)
System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti 4GB GDDR6
C:\ drive: PM981a NVMe Samsung 2048GB (2TB) SSD
Windows: 11 Home 64bit

Topaz Photo AI 2.0.4 JPG file processing 72 files 29:47.61 to process & save

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Old Desktop Device name: i74790K (about 9 years old)
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz, 4 Cores, 8 Logical Processors
RAM: 16GB DDR3
System Type x64-based PC
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 4GB
C:\ drive: 4TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Crucial 4TB P3 Plus NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Internal)
OS Microsoft: Windows 10 Pro 64bit

Topaz Photo AI 2.0.4 JPG file processing 72 files 30:16:32 to process & save

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New Desktop Device Name: CLX (a few days old)
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900KF 3.00GHz base, 5.8GHz Turbo [NO Overclocking implemented]
RAM: 64GB DDR5-5600 (2 X 32GB)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X w HDMI 2.1a and DisplayPort 1.4a 7680x4320 Max [NO Overclocking implemented]
C:\ drive: 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (2TB Patriot P300 M.2 NVMe 2280 3D NAND SSD Gen3 x4 Read 2100ms/Write 1650ms)
Windows: 11 Home 64bit
M/B: ASRock Z790-C WiFi - ATX

Topaz Photo AI 2.0.4 JPG file processing 72 files 6:20:39 to process & save

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yup! I believe it.
Our new (month old) desktop that replaced a 12 year old unit running Win 7 runs lickety split!
More powerful processor and faster clock speed.
My backups take half as long as they did on the old desktop.

Orphoto Loc: Oregon

With Topaz, video card throughput is the main culprit/hero.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Longshadow wrote:

Yup! I believe it.
Our new (month old) desktop that replaced a 12 year old unit running Win 7 runs lickety split!
More powerful processor and faster clock speed.
My backups take half as long as they did on the old desktop.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Orphoto wrote:

With Topaz, video card throughput is the main culprit/hero.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

One thing I like about these tools is being able to set up the work and then go off to walk around, drink coffee and generally attend to other things for a spell before coming back to see the results.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

pecohen wrote:

One thing I like about these tools is being able to set up the work and then go off to walk around, drink coffee and generally attend to other things for a spell before coming back to see the results.

Niklon Loc: Athens, Ga

Your analysis is impressive, as are the results.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

Niklon wrote:

Your analysis is impressive, as are the results.

Thanks. I did expect faster times with new PC but was surprised at how much faster.

By the way, the old desktop PC exceeded the minimum requirements to run Topaz.

AzYooper Loc: Sun Lakes AZ (Almost Phoenix)

I took a look at the CLX website. Which model, specifically, did you buy?

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

AzYooper wrote:

I took a look at the CLX website. Which model, specifically, did you buy?

Will reply w more info later but it is CLX Set model… got it thru Best Buy.

KillroyII Loc: Middle Georgia

AzYooper wrote:

I took a look at the CLX website. Which model, specifically, did you buy?

"CLS Set" ordered from Best Buy with Model: TGMSETRTU3402BM, SKU: 6544421

Best Buy descriptive info: CLX - SET Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i9-13900KF - 64GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 - 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD + 6TB HDD - Black

Additional info:
Motherboard is ASRock Z790-C w/WiFi & BlueTooth ATX
850 watt Power Supply

CLS Specs of build in attached photo...