there is another test on
http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php
it tells you how to open image award min of 300meg to cache & how to load the action and the timer built in.
now this is odd using hte origmal op of this thread and the horse image my pc is sub 10 seconds but using the timer built in to photoshop re above how to it comes back around 13.1 to 13.2 thats approx 10 times shut down restarted photoshop and also re booted using winxp allways same time line, (also have used 500meg in the cache and 1300meg using the slider made no difference to timing on the whole).
now using the
http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php guide set on 300meg cache
i added loading the picture into photoshop
load = 0.6s
CMYK colour conversion = 0.8s
RGB colour conversion = 1.2s
Dust & scratch = 1.3s
Water colour = 12.5s
Texturiser = 1.1s
Stained Glass = 3.5s
Lighten effects = 2.2s
Mosiac tiles = 8.6s
Extrude = 39.9s
Smart Blur = 30.5s
Underpainting = 14.1s
now it seems closer to the orignal timings than the above (op horse picture) but the extrude didnt take 39.9s or smart blur 30.5s
so if you wish to try this i guess timing is still "another mans where to count from".
thank you to the
http://www.driverheaven.net/photoshop.php for this test. it may be for cs2 and cs3 is not the same for timing
above tests im using a 32bit winxp q6600 not clocked 2 gig ram.
ill make a new thread on it obviously it just for those who wish to contribute not expecting 14 pages on that.. lol