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- OneNine
Wondering how much RAM some of you have on your comps - I have 504MB on my work PC and I am having trouble working on a large 1GB file - keep getting a message saying my scratch disk is full - need to request an upgrade.
- M0NEYCIDE0
my computer has more ram than your computer
- Jaline0
The PCs at work here have about 512MB and I can't be bothered to write up a letter about how I need more RAM and then submit it for approval, blah, blah. Instead, I'm just living with it since I don't do lots of heavy graphic work here anyway.
At home I have 2GB.
- Chief0
6GB at home and still get page outs like crazy.
- Jaline0
Anyone have like 20 GB of RAM or more on something?
I always wondered...what would you need that much RAM for? If you constantly worked with huge files?
- OSFA0
- OneNine0
Mine's got HEMI
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OSFA
(Jul 23 07, 07:44)haha - im requesting one of those...
- emecks0
more RAM won't necessarily mean your scratch disks won't fill up.
make sure you have your scratch disks set to being on a separate hard disk as your OS and programs wherever possible.
- ribit0
I have 2GB in MacBookPro and its barely enough even without working on large image files (although I do that too).. you need lots if you want to just run everything all the time... I have Windows in Parallels (just for Outlook/Exchange) and have a large GoLive site file open, and some iView catalogs, and stuff like that all at once.. it all adds up... and OSX will use all the RAM..
- bcline0
RAM
Wondering how much RAM some of you have on your comps - I have 504MB on my work PC and I am having trouble working on a large 1GB file - keep getting a message saying my scratch disk is full - need to request an upgrade.
OneNine
(Jul 23 07, 07:27)that's pretty low
- designerror0
7GB and still not enough
- Witt0
i'm on a Zx Spectrum 32k
- M0NEYCIDE0
yeah scratch disk is the hard drive no? like in after effects you can set the amount of ram it'll use and how much to use as a scratch disk. might want to consider your memory settings, are you working photoshop? probably has similar settings. but half a gig just ain't enough for anything anymore.
- emecks0
scratch disks are what your machine will use WHEN it runs out of RAM. it's not a case of IF but WHEN. A lot of RAM will delay your machine from using them but sooner or later they will get used.
The faster the hard disk and the more dedicated it is to being a scratch disk will be big factors in its performance.
I once had to wait for 1hr 45 minutes to get a response from Photoshop when working on a 2GB file with 1GB RAM, that was without a dedicated HD as a scratch disk though.
- JackRyan0
This post was funny when it was smack-dab in the middle between Emma Watson up-skirt and Girls Gone Wild...
- OneNine0
so the solution should be more RAM though right? - I restarted my computer, shut all other apps down and just had photoshop open with this file and i cant do anything...
- Jaline0
You can just barely use Photoshop with that much RAM, OneNine. It took me like 1 hour to save something once.
there are definitely people who can live with less than 1GB of RAM (my mom, for instance), but designers definitely need more, depending on the work.
- emecks0
more RAM definitely.
Also if you can get a fast harddrive and in Photoshop set your scratch-disks to be on the harddrive. To get the most out of it don't use the hard drive for anything else and defrag regularly :)
- OneNine0
thanks for the advice - much appreciated!
- Nairn0
Yup, on PC, at least, 512mb is barely enough to run XP and Photoshop side by side.
1gb is a minimum these days - 2gb is becoming the next 'standard'. Memory's dirt cheap these days, so why not?
Just ensure that you get good quality, fast-ish RAM - and if you're partnering your old memory with an upgrade, ensure both DIMMs (etc) are the same spec .
- jamble0
I've got 4gb in my new machine, it's so nice having upgraded to a new comp from my 4 year old workhorse.
Championship manager runs so much quicker... err I mean all my critical work related programs work much faster.