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Old August 28th, 2007, 07:12 AM   #1
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CS3 Not Using Available RAM

I have a PC with 4GB of RAM and 4 virtual processors. Premiere CS3 uses all of the processors, but only about 1GB of RAM. Vegas consistently uses 2GB, which I think is the max for one program.

This makes Premiere CS3 preview and render very slowly. Same thing happens with After Effects.

Is there some setting I need to change for CS3 to use more RAM?

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Old September 1st, 2007, 10:13 AM   #2
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What operationg system are you running? XP, Vista?
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Old September 2nd, 2007, 07:57 AM   #3
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I am running XP SP2.
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Old September 2nd, 2007, 10:59 AM   #4
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i find that AE7 has the same problem.. i have 3gb but it only recognises 2gb on start up... I wonder if CS3 does the same thing? I'd certainly also like to know..
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Old September 2nd, 2007, 02:58 PM   #5
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I believe the "using on 2GB when 3Gb are installed" is a Win Xp issue. There is a /3Gb switch you can try on Windows start-up, but when tried that I got some incompatibility with my graphics card.

My issue is using only 1Gb when over 2GB are installed.
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Old September 3rd, 2007, 06:35 AM   #6
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Actually Vista handles more RAM better than XP. XP still tries to unnecessarily free up RAM, and as we know, free RAM means wasted RAM. Vista seems to take up more memory, but it uses it better.
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Old September 3rd, 2007, 02:38 PM   #7
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32bit appz

Hi guys,

On 32bit OS:s like XP and Vista 32, the common memory space for programs are 2 gb. 2gb are reserved for virtual memory and expansion cards.

With the /3gb switch you can tell windows to offer 3gb to 32bit programs, ONLY programs compiled in a certain way(flag) will be able to use the extra memory.

Or do as I, go 64 bit. I have Vista 64bit with 4gb mem. I start Premiere Pro and he gets his 2gb( Yeah I runt 64bit OS, but premiere is still 32bit) - and I start photoshop and he also gets about 2gb - so basically running 64bit gives you the possibility to run MORE 32bits apps with more available memory. And when/if Adobe release 64bits versions...

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