Another thing, Bob, is you can configure PS to use a certain percentage of
available RAM for the application. Maybe play around with that as well (either
now, or after adding more RAM). Should get you some more life out of the
machine.
On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:08 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Thanx for all the help on the slow computer questions. I think answer 1 is
> more memory. Answer 2, after exploring the system, is a better scratch
> system. I've been using a second hard drive, but it's also got backup stuff
> on it, and there's only 22 gigs of free space left. I suspect CS4 is having
> to access a 1.5 TB external drive for scratch when I work on those large
> layered files. Answer 3 will be a new video card, if there's any money left
> over after 1 & 2. <g>
>
> Looks like I can get out of this for a lot less than the price of a new
> computer, though I did notice somewhere, including B&H, that Mac Pros are
> being configured and offered as strictly photo processing machines, and they
> don't have nearly the firepower you might think you're going to need.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bobwhitmire.com
>
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