Hardware
Intel Server Board SE7505VB2 (Latest BIOS, Latest Firmware, Latest Drivers) Dual Intel Xeon 3.06Ghz with 512 Kb Cache
8 Gb ECC DDR 266 SDRAM
Two HDD 120 Gb Serial With Raid 0
Matrox AGP Pro. 128Mb
IEEE 1394
Software
Microsoft Windows XP pro w/SP1
Adobe Photoshop CS
Problem
Everything works OK, but:
The bios give 8 Gb RAM on Booting and in the Setup
Windows give 3.5 Gb RAM (I know that Windows XP supports up to 4GB) Adobe Photoshop CS give 1777 Mb RAM
#1
Photoshop cannot use more than 2 gigs RAM
#2
Photoshop cannot use more than 2 gigs RAM
more specifically, windows apps cannot use more than 2 gig of ram. xp provides a /3gig startup switch (unsupported) that allows win to allocate up to 3 gig per application, but the app needs to be able to address that memeory for it to be useful. photoshop does not address over 2 gig even with the switch enabled.
#3
After installing PhotoShop I had the message that Window's and Adobe primary scratch file are in the same volume which can reduce performance.
It adviced me to move Adobe's primary scratch volume to a different volume. Can someone please tell me how I can accomplish this task?. Any advice will be appreciated.
Thank you
Carlos
#4
Carlos,
That message is ADVISORY only.
If you have more than one drive, select your drive for the PS scratch from Edit>Preferences>Plugins and Scratch disk
#5
Len:
Thanks. It helped a lot.
Carlos
#6
You're welcome, Carlos
#7