Just had a new computer at the studio so will be having a go of this now
Still runnung CS2 though.
EDIT : 4:20
Why so slow?!
*PHOTOSHOP VERSION*
CS2
*CPU*
i5 2550K 3.4GHz
*RAM & PS ALLOCATION*
8GB (from control panel > system)
However photoshop preferences showa available Ram as 2786mb with 50% used by photoshop
*TIME RESULT*
270 secs
**As you can see I don't know much about computer hardware or how to find out some of the extra info you've posted but suprised at how slow this is compared to some of yours**