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Hi all,
I’ve been working on a 1.2 ghz machine since 2001, and last week I finally decided to upgrade–unfortunately I ended up returning the computer because of the same problem Windows had 6 years ago–not enough RAM allocation to photoshop. The bottle neck on my old system was the processor speed of course, but the thing that slowed me down the most was Photoshop’s RAM limit of 1.77 GB. Everyone said "wait a few years to upgrade and you’ll finally be able to allocate more RAM", but this new comp (with Windows Vista 32-bit) still shows up with the same old 1.77 GB of RAM. So i did some research and found this thing called a 3/GB switch which is a code you add to the Boot.ini file to force windows to allocate 3 GB ram to programs (I have 4GB total by the way). Unfortunately Windows Vista no longer HAS a boot.ini– it has something called a BCD. I was on the phone with Windows support and apparently a 3GB switch is not high on their knowledge base. After 5 hours of searching and testing, they decided that a 3/GB switch cannot be used on Windows Vista. I’ve waited 6 years to make this move and it seems nothing has changed..the 1.7 GB bottleneck is the same as it was 6 years ago. Is there any alternate option to the 3GB switch code on a Windows XP operating system? I’m worried about the 3GB switch now because if i buy an XP based machine and it doesn’t work, now I have to return another computer! I’d rather get something that works right off the shelf. Will a Windows 64-bit OS allocate more ram to Photoshop? Does a high end Mac allocate more RAM to Photoshop? If not, what Windows XP situation is guaranteed to work with the switch? Thanks for any help on this!
Greg
I’ve been working on a 1.2 ghz machine since 2001, and last week I finally decided to upgrade–unfortunately I ended up returning the computer because of the same problem Windows had 6 years ago–not enough RAM allocation to photoshop. The bottle neck on my old system was the processor speed of course, but the thing that slowed me down the most was Photoshop’s RAM limit of 1.77 GB. Everyone said "wait a few years to upgrade and you’ll finally be able to allocate more RAM", but this new comp (with Windows Vista 32-bit) still shows up with the same old 1.77 GB of RAM. So i did some research and found this thing called a 3/GB switch which is a code you add to the Boot.ini file to force windows to allocate 3 GB ram to programs (I have 4GB total by the way). Unfortunately Windows Vista no longer HAS a boot.ini– it has something called a BCD. I was on the phone with Windows support and apparently a 3GB switch is not high on their knowledge base. After 5 hours of searching and testing, they decided that a 3/GB switch cannot be used on Windows Vista. I’ve waited 6 years to make this move and it seems nothing has changed..the 1.7 GB bottleneck is the same as it was 6 years ago. Is there any alternate option to the 3GB switch code on a Windows XP operating system? I’m worried about the 3GB switch now because if i buy an XP based machine and it doesn’t work, now I have to return another computer! I’d rather get something that works right off the shelf. Will a Windows 64-bit OS allocate more ram to Photoshop? Does a high end Mac allocate more RAM to Photoshop? If not, what Windows XP situation is guaranteed to work with the switch? Thanks for any help on this!
Greg
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