Budget PC - Photo AI - Minimum Spec for Reasonable Performance ( photo enlarge only - no video )

Hi Guys
Hope you can help please.

Ref : Budget / Minimum Spec PC to run Photo AI , at a reasonable competence ( not fast)

I run Photo AI on one of my Mac Pro laptops
These are both i7 well specced laptops, but i never try to work on it when Topaz is running
As it slows everything down, so i use my other Mac, when Topaz is enlarging on one of them.

One of my staff needs a PC set up, for Topaz to run in the background while he works on another machine on other tasks.

What we are looking for, is an ideal “Budget PC” set up, that will run Photo AI

It will only be used for photo enlargement, no video, no post work

Just a machine that can happily run Topaz

Doesnt need to be lightning fast, as it will only be used for enlarging images while work continues, unaffected on another machine.

I’m not into PCs , processors, etc
Just like to know a budget / average PC set up and spec, to run Photo AI happily enough
Processor, Memory, etc etc. I have guys who work for me, who are hard core gamers, but they will be recommending a spec of machine that i just dont need !
So any advice on a minimum acceptable PC set up for Photo AI, would be great…thanks

really appreciate the heads up on this Guys

Thanks in advance for any guidance
much appreciated

kind regards
Jack

Here are the requirements, you will need to go shopping because there are thousands of PC’s to choose from that meet the min requirements. You should focus I computers used for gaming or photo editing but be aware to validate the min requirements.

You have two software choices for upscaling. Here are the requirements for each:

Using Photo AI 3 - Minimum Requirements

Windows Operating System 10 or 11 (most updated version recommended)
CPU Intel OR AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2013
System Memory (RAM) 16GB
Graphics Card (NVIDIA) NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti or higher, 6GB VRAM
Graphics Card (AMD) AMD Radeon 570 or higher, 6GB VRAM
Graphics Card (Intel) Intel UHD 600 Graphics or higher, 16GB system RAM
For large upscales greater than 500MP, 24GB of RAM or more may be needed.

Gigapixel 7 - Minimum Requirements

Windows Operating System 10 or 11 (most updated version recommended)
CPU - Intel or AMD, with AVX instructions, released after 2013
System Memory (RAM) - 16GB
Graphics Card (NVIDIA) - NVIDIA GTX 900 or higher, 4 GB VRAM
Graphics Card (AMD) - AMD Radeon 400 or higher, 4GB VRAM
Graphics Card (Intel) - Intel UHD 600 Graphics or higher, 16GB system RAM

If you decide to go Mac here are links to the software packages. Go to the bottom of the page for requirements.

Photo AI 3
Gigapixel 7

Decent systems

HP 2023 Newest Victus 15L Gaming Desktop
$980

HP Victus Gaming Laptop
$850

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Really appreciate the advice…thanks very much :pray:

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