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BuonTempi
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Finale Version: Finale 27
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Post by BuonTempi » Tue Aug 24, 2021 1:10 pm

ebiggs1 wrote:
Mon Aug 23, 2021 4:18 pm
BTW, Finale does like a big fast video card. Get the best one you reasonably can.
Really? Im surprised at that. Compared to ray-tracing shadows and rendering translucent 3D polygons at 120fps, Finale's demands are quite light: it's putting lines and text onto a page, in a single, solid colour! :lol:
Apart from the number of pixels in today's large displays, surely not much has changed from the requirements that Finale was making of hardware in the early 90s.

Even the worst available GPU today has got to be equal to a decent one ... what, 5 years ago?

And speaking of the worst available - as a Mac user, I've got an Intel integrated GPU, which everyone says are terrible. But it's sufficient to run two 4K displays, hundreds of Windows, large Affinity Publisher documents in full colour; Photo editing, and even the odd game or two. I'm not aware of anything it ought to be doing better.


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motet
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Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005,27
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Post by motet » Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:59 pm

I've never had a problem with ordinary graphics hardware.

Bill Reed
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Finale Version: 25.2
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Post by Bill Reed » Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:38 pm

Maybe edggis likes to mine Bitcoin on the side
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ebiggs1
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Finale Version: Finale 27.3
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Post by ebiggs1 » Tue Aug 24, 2021 6:13 pm

Maybe edggis like to mine Bitcoin on the side
I have no idea what that is or means!

My experience is Finale is akin to what Photoshop likes. A better video card makes either one run better or at least faster. If you guys are satisfied with junk video cards go for it. You have my permission. It's your dime, or bitcoin.
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