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Old June 8th, 2010, 11:35 PM   #1
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Telling CS4 to use more ram?

I am running CS4 and when I am editing I am still getting choppy footage through my preview monitor. But when I check my task manager under performance my PC is only using 3.40gb of RAM and between 2 and 20% of my CPU ( I have 8gb of RAM, 3.6 ( or 4) quad-core processor and 64bit vista).

Is there a way to tell it to use more so I can play smoother footage?

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Old June 9th, 2010, 01:45 AM   #2
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Even though you have a 64 bit OS, PPro CS4 is a 32 bit app and cannot use the extra RAM you have onboard.
That's why Adobe switched to 64 bit for CS5.
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Old June 9th, 2010, 06:32 AM   #3
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Same as above really. There is no way of telling CS4 to use more RAM, it will use what it needs upto the 32bit limits of the program.
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Old June 9th, 2010, 11:08 AM   #4
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so would this be a good reason to move up to CS5? If so, are there any other major perks that CS5 has to offer?
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Old June 9th, 2010, 11:42 AM   #5
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The Mercury Engine is fantastic in CS5. I just upgraded on my i7 system that was still struggling with Cineform clips in CS4 that had unsharp mask, luma corrections, and color corrections. I couldn't get fluid playback of the timeline on those clips without rendering. Now I can stack multiple layers of those clips and it plays back flawlessly.

I'd like to try CS5 on a Core2 system to see how it behaves, but I don't have one anymore. It definitely is a huge improvement over CS4.
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Old June 9th, 2010, 11:52 AM   #6
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Not only the MPE is terrific but you can also tell Premiere how much ram to use.
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Old June 9th, 2010, 12:48 PM   #7
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so i guess im going to be upgrading then... kind of excited!
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