Computer Graphics with Photoshop

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Lost memory in CS3

Philip Procter

2007-10-26, 3:22 am

I installed CS3 into a windows xp machine equiped with 2gb of RAM
(2x1GB). The board can hold 4Gb maximum 4x1GB). Photoshop reported
about 1.6GB RAM available, whcih seemed reasonable.

I just installed another 1GB stick. Windows reports the extra 1GB, no
problem, but Photoshop now says there is about 1.8GB RAM available.
Task mamnager shows 2.6GB available.

Anybody have any idea why isn't Photoshop reporting and allowing me to
use that missing 0.8GB?

Thanks,

2p

Don Leman

2007-10-26, 6:14 pm

The following is from photoshops knowledgebase....

"Photoshop can only use the first 2 GB of RAM on the computer. This limit is
based on hardware and operating system limitations. The operating system
uses some of this RAM, so the Photoshop Memory Usage preference displays
only a maximum of 1.6 or 1.7 GB of total available RAM.

If you have 4 GB or more of RAM, set the Maximum Used By Photoshop in the
Memory Usage section of the Memory & Image Cache preferences to 70%. This
amount ensures that Photoshop uses as much of the first 2 GB of RAM as
possible, while reserving enough RAM for other applications."

"Philip Procter" <pprocter@pipeline.com> wrote in message
news:kio2i359ce9vj7simt5qqlvu7j4mpva79l@4ax.com...
>I installed CS3 into a windows xp machine equiped with 2gb of RAM
> (2x1GB). The board can hold 4Gb maximum 4x1GB). Photoshop reported
> about 1.6GB RAM available, whcih seemed reasonable.
>
> I just installed another 1GB stick. Windows reports the extra 1GB, no
> problem, but Photoshop now says there is about 1.8GB RAM available.
> Task mamnager shows 2.6GB available.
>
> Anybody have any idea why isn't Photoshop reporting and allowing me to
> use that missing 0.8GB?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 2p

pico

2007-10-26, 6:14 pm

"Philip Procter" <pprocter@pipeline.com> wrote in message
news:kio2i359ce9vj7simt5qqlvu7j4mpva79l@4ax.com...
>I installed CS3 into a windows xp machine equiped with 2gb of RAM
> (2x1GB). The board can hold 4Gb maximum 4x1GB). Photoshop reported
> about 1.6GB RAM available, whcih seemed reasonable.
>
> I just installed another 1GB stick. Windows reports the extra 1GB, no
> problem, but Photoshop now says there is about 1.8GB RAM available.
> Task mamnager shows 2.6GB available.

Not with your OS. See:
http://www.prodig.org/index.php/200...oshop-cs3-cope/