CE memory settings running XP

Set your PS memory to 80% and the scratch disk to D:
If you crash a companion program when they are both running… 75% RAM for PS.
The real problem with your question is lack of information. You don’t even mention the OS you are running.

Basically you need 64 Meg for Windows XP or 2K and 32 Meg each for every other program you intend to run. Once you add that up it will probably let you go to 85 or 90% RAM for PS.

Be aware that even with a heap of RAM Windows will still write to the swap file. You might care to fix the size of it so it doesn’t have to move stuff on the disk every time it starts writing to it. I currently use 1.5 Gig of RAM and have a 5 gig fixed size swap file. I had to increase it to get a scanner to work properly so be prepared to play around. (with the RAM I mean!)

Douglas

"jim" wrote in message

I am truly sorry if this question has been beaten to death, but I did look for a faq for this group and could not find help. I need good settings for photoshop to run on my 2 gig pentium with 1gig ram and tons (80 gigs) of free space on the D: drive. The program is on the c drive with about 2 gigs left empty on that drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim

"Douglas MacDonald" wrote in message

Set your PS memory to 80% and the scratch disk to D:
If you crash a companion program when they are both running… 75% RAM for PS.
The real problem with your question is lack of information. You don’t even mention the OS you are running.

Basically you need 64 Meg for Windows XP or 2K and 32 Meg each for every other program you intend to run. Once you add that up it will probably let you go to 85 or 90% RAM for PS.

Douglas, this is useful info. Does OS X handle the RAM allocation any differently? Not trying to start anything here, since we have both platforms at home and happily switch back and forth. 🙂

Linelle

Be aware that even with a heap of RAM Windows will still write to the swap file. You might care to fix the size of it so it doesn’t have to move

stuff

on the disk every time it starts writing to it. I currently use 1.5 Gig of RAM and have a 5 gig fixed size swap file. I had to increase it to get a scanner to work properly so be prepared to play around. (with the RAM I mean!)

Douglas

"jim" wrote in message

I am truly sorry if this question has been beaten to death, but I did look for a faq for this group and could not find help. I need good settings for photoshop to run on my 2 gig pentium with 1gig ram and tons (80 gigs) of free space on the D: drive. The program is on the c drive with about 2 gigs left empty on that drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim

Linelle Lane wrote:

"Douglas MacDonald" wrote in message

Set your PS memory to 80% and the scratch disk to D:
If you crash a companion program when they are both running… 75% RAM for PS.
The real problem with your question is lack of information. You don’t even mention the OS you are running.

Basically you need 64 Meg for Windows XP or 2K and 32 Meg each for every other program you intend to run. Once you add that up it will probably let you go to 85 or 90% RAM for PS.

Douglas, this is useful info. Does OS X handle the RAM allocation any differently? Not trying to start anything here, since we have both platforms at home and happily switch back and forth. 🙂

Linelle

Be aware that even with a heap of RAM Windows will still write to the swap file. You might care to fix the size of it so it doesn’t have to move

stuff

on the disk every time it starts writing to it. I currently use 1.5 Gig of RAM and have a 5 gig fixed size swap file. I had to increase it to get a scanner to work properly so be prepared to play around. (with the RAM I mean!)

Douglas

"jim" wrote in message

I am truly sorry if this question has been beaten to death, but I did look for a faq for this group and could not find help. I need good settings for photoshop to run on my 2 gig pentium with 1gig ram and tons (80 gigs) of free space on the D: drive. The program is on the c drive with about 2 gigs left empty on that drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Jim

Not really. OK, down at the depths of the OS, a bit. From your pov, no. How you should set Photoshop is the same on both – 80% and separate swap drive, if you have it. The reason is that Photoshop is doing it’s own memory management.

Clyde

I know that Apple make computers, I’ve seen them advertised and I hear people talk about them but I have never in my 20 years with computers, sat in front of an Apple computer so you are asking the wrong person. Douglas

"Linelle Lane" wrote in message

Douglas, this is useful info. Does OS X handle the RAM allocation any differently? Not trying to start anything here, since we have both

platforms

at home and happily switch back and forth. 🙂

Linelle