Digital BW, The Print

Adobe can only see a max of 2gb less some overhead (hence the 1.7).  It is
highly recommended that people with around 4gb or more of RAM set their % to
no more than 70%.  The issue is discussed in an Adobe support paper.


> From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:42:26 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] computer horsepower ?
> 
> 
>> From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@...]
>> 
>> I just upgraded from 2GB to 4GB, because I was fed up with PS only being
>> able to use about 50% of the 2GB before plugins etc stopped
>> working for lack
>> of memory. Now I can use PS at 90%, but my 4GB of RAM (on a PC)
>> is not all
>> available to programs. Nearly 0.5GB is reserved for system use, so PS can
>> only see 1.7GB (half of 3.5GB). But if I am opening files in CApture and
>> then transferring to PS, I don't have to close Capture any more
>> to keep PS up to speed.
> 
> Why does it only see half of 3.5GB if you've set the memory percentage usage
> to 90%?
> 
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> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
>