ram memory and scratch disk

i have 512 ram memory,
the cuestion is how much memory i can place to photoshop 8,? i know windows xp also needs memory

and in cache levels i have 4, what it means that? wnat

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RBB wrote:

*i have 512 ram memory,
the cuestion is how much memory i can place to photoshop 8,? i know windows xp also needs memory

and in cache levels i have 4, what it means that? wnat

RBB wrote:

*i have 512 ram memory,
the cuestion is how much memory i can place to photoshop 8,? i know windows xp also needs memory

and in cache levels i have 4, what it means that? wnat

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:14:36 -0600, alansmith
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If you only have one disk you will not be able to use a scratch disk.

Bullshit.

thanks for the answers but no one gets my point,,......
i try to make it more clear yet.
i have 512 ram..........no 1 giga or 25 giga.

RBB wrote:

thanks for the answers but no one gets my point,,......
i try to make it more clear yet.
i have 512 ram..........no 1 giga or 25 giga.¡¡¡¡¡
so the cuestion is very clear, how much i can give to photoshop and how much i must let to window sxp....

and i have 4 levels in cache, but i dont know what it means that thanks
richard

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i have 512 ram memory,
the cuestion is how much memory i can place to photoshop 8,? i know windows xp also needs memory

and in cache levels i have 4, what it means that? wnat´s best number?
and in scratch disk i have only 1 startup??
what i am sopose to chosse in this option??

it's really simple - photoshop only looks at RAM not used by the system. load PS and open the preferences dialog. you see it offers you LESS than 512? that's because windows is already loaded. give it 100% just don't try to do anything else whiles it's running or you be disapointed in the speed things get done.

thanks i understand that, is very simple and clear,
but what about the cache level? i have set it at 4,
what is best level?

"James Connell" escribi

"RBB" wrote in message

thanks i understand that, is very simple and clear,
but what about the cache level? i have set it at 4,
what is best level?

Leave it at 4 but see what's wrong with your Shift key, I think it is stuck.

Stephan

PS runs very well (it's stable, not fast) even with one drive. I haven't had problems with quite large files. (256Mb RAM and 40Gb HDD @ 7,200rpm.) The second drive is useful, but I had a 40Gb 5,400rpm drive that'd just slowed the system so I use it as a storage device at the moment.

"alansmith" wrote in message

RBB wrote:

*i have 512 ram memory,
the cuestion is how much memory i can place to photoshop 8,? i know windows xp also needs memory

and in cache levels i have 4, what it means that? wnats best number?

and in scratch disk i have only 1 startup??
what i am sopose to chosse in this option?? *

If you only have one disk you will not be able to use a scratch disk. If you intend to use photoshop a lot upgrade to 1 gig of ram. I have two striped western digital raptor sata 36 gig 10,000 rpm disks as my boot volume & scratch disk and two striped 160 gig wester digital fluid bearing 8 mb cache 7,200 rpm disks for my storage volume.
I did have 2 gig of d-ddr 333 clocked to 366 but I get better performance in real conditions with 1 gig of d-ddr 400 running at 450.

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exuse me, shift key??
what you mean with that? i havent use that,
wahts the relation with cache level?

"Stephan" escribi