I’m planning to get a new desktop specifically for photo and video editing. It will be a Linux system.
Are there any specific recommendations for CPUs/GPUs that allow RawTherapee to get the best acceleration?
Anything that should be avoided as poorly supported?
Hi @Roger_Irwin welcome to the forum.
RawTherapee can not use a GPU. For a CPU, as fast with as many cores as your budget allows.
I would say AMD APU / CPU and GPU is best but that is just my preference.
You might want something like i5-13400F (or KF) or Ryzen 5 7600X, those seem pretty good for the price. The F suffix means a need for dedicated GPU (does not have to be powerful) and K allows overclocking.
Note that the desktop 13th and 14th gen i5 CPUs should not be affected by the infamous Intel high-end CPU problems.
I have no experience in using high performance desktops on Linux but I think those CPUs should work well (AMD may be better).
Yeah linux with AMD is best. Intel is kinda okay but wouldn’t recommend it and nvidia definitely not.
I’ve been running Nvidia on Linux for over 15 years, with the proprietary drivers that come with Ubuntu. It has been a pretty smooth journey, with only a handful of hiccups.
Anyway, with RawTherapee, the GPU won’t be used. Unless some other software needs it, it’s not so important.