How to Speed up Photoshop CS 2.0 ?!

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mark_val
Jun 6, 2005
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Here is my system Information :

Adobe Photoshop Version: 9.0 (9.0×196)
Operating System: Windows XP
Version: 5.1 Service Pack 2
System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:5, Stepping:10 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2 Physical processor count: 2
Processor speed: 1992 MHz
Built-in memory: 2047 MB
Free memory: 1385 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1760 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 90 %
Image cache levels: 6
Serial number: ************************
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\ Temporary file path: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\ Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
Startup, 78.1G, 24.4G free
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins\

Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE

Installed TWAIN devices:
WIA-e+ 48U
e+ 48U

– I got a realy decent workstation. I dont have anything running exept photoshop. It seems that everything is slow when im creating a layer, doing Ctrl-T, going in Bridge, etc… .Is there a way to speed up Photoshop so that I dont have to always wait for click to happen ?! Cause right now its realy slow and its a pain.
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Steve_mclaughlin
Jun 6, 2005
I think you are over-allocating RAM to Photoshop.
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LenHewitt
Jun 6, 2005
Yes, too high an allocation of RAM – cut it back to 55%. If you have more than one physical drive, it would also be worth setting your primary scratch to a different drive than your pagefile.

You should also set your windows pagefile to min=max=4096
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chrisjbirchall
Jun 6, 2005
Yes, too high an allocation of RAM – cut it back to 55%

Just to explain: Many of Photoshop’s features – filters, plug-ins, and The Bridge – work outside of photoshop’s allocated ram. Other things too. When you save a file, for instance, it is the OS which carries out the task, not Photoshop.

Clearly, if Photoshop is hogging a large percetage of your ram, there will be little or nothing left for all these other functions.

55% is about right for a system with onl;y 2GB of installes RAM.

Chris.
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ID._Awe
Jun 6, 2005
I was using 85% RAM with 2Gb. It still give a lot of overhead for the OS, but then again, some Mobos really…………………….. Opps, sorry meant s__k or something like that.

Oh yeah, more than one HD helps, big time.
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Tippy
Jun 6, 2005
Are you working with very large files? If I take tiff photos @ megapixels – they won’t even load, much less render a filter o anything. Of course, my computer is a dinosaur. But, if I reduce th pixels it becomes a little easier. If you need a high resolution, o course, that will not work. But if you can get by with a smaller one try it and see if it is faster

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