Memory Usage

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

Photoshop cannot use more than 2 gigs RAM

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.

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

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

Len:
Thanks. It helped a lot.

Carlos

You're welcome, Carlos