Getting most out of your RAM in PS

[neha]

I found this a simple yet very useful tutorial on CGArena today...about getting most out of the RAM in photoshop...

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tut.../optimize.html

[kippu]

nice tutorial ... but any self respecting 3d artist having less than 2 gb of ram should be very ashamed

[TheAllusionist]

Perhaps, but some laptops don't support much RAM, typically 2 is maximum and some supported less. Of course this was a year ago when I was looking at laptops, this might not be the case anymore, but if your laptop was several years old, who knows what it supports?

[neha]

Originally Posted by kippu

nice tutorial ... but any self respecting 3d artist having less than 2 gb of ram should be very ashamed

Kippu lets not forget every self respecting 3d artist, especially students & like may not have the money to get a supercomputer like the professionals even though they would like to

[kiittea]

Yeah agree with Neha .... and the Problem is upgrading ... If the systems are an year and a half old .. we don't find compatalbe RAM's and even if we do . they are pretty high priced and the the also RAM's keep updating at pretty faster rate... one year ago we had DDR 1 now there's DDR 2. And for the price of 1 GB DDR 1 we're getting 2 GB 's of DDR 2. Its a nice thing but in a matter of 2-3 years .... old ones are getting outmoded... sometimes its lil tough to cope up with fast paced technology

[neil]

Neha, Very nice tutotial. Thanks for sharing it with us

I started learning 3D Studio Max and Photoshop in P3 733 with 128 MB RAM in my institute. That time I dont have PC in my home. I used to go regularly there for practice. After getting job I bought PC in my home and that was also P3 and the RAM was little higher 256+256. That cost 39000 Rs. That time the price of P4 was very high and I didnt have money to buy. I faced lots of difficulty doing practices and experiments. But I survived. 2 years before I bought a good PC.

[TheAllusionist]

I knew Kippu was just making a joke, and I had just pointed out laptops without thinking about the equipment people are using in other countries. Actually an eye opener to hear others take on it

[kippu]

""= joke .... but seriously ram prices were dead cheap ...a ddr2 cost 1,800rs 1 gb ....seriously good VFM ...just stock up on your ram folks ..a little more never hurt

[kiittea]

Hmmm yess... it a like a huge fall ... 6 months earlier it was 4000 INR and now 1 gb DDR2 is 1400 INR . hey kippu .. Its cheaper out here ..

[neil]

Yes it is now very cheaper Kippu. I have plan to buy 4 GB Ram