Hello, these are my puter specs >
P-35 MSI Platinum MS-7345 Mobo
Windows XP Home Edition SP3 (32bit)
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz 2.4 GHz
Corsair XMS2 2x2GB=4.0GB PC6400 DDR2 (only seeing 3.3GB with XP)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512 Memory Size
DirectX version: 9.0c
Monitor: Viewsonic VX2035wm Series
WD 500 GB HDD / WD 74GB RAPTOR HDD
I have CS3 Photoshop. It takes a long time to load the preferences, maybe about 4 -5 minutes, is this normal?
I don’t remember it taking so long to load. I’m thinking of upgrading from XP to Win7 64 bit so I can utilize 4 more DDR2 of ram. Since Photoshop is a memory hungry program, I’m willing to help it out as much as possible.
A few people told me if I’m not having issues with the program, that XP with 4GB DDR2 ram running XP 32bit, would perform better than upgrading to Win7 (64) even with more Ram. Really?
I went into my CS3 Preferences under memory usage, and it’s set at 55% or 939MB out of the 1708 Available Ram.
Ideal range states > 939 – 1230 MB. Should I up that to at least 70%??? What is the norm to allow for the amount of available Ram I have?
I also use Pinnacle Studio 14 HD, so I have to free up many resources to even use this program while editing, so I’m thinking this system needs more memory.
I’m just not that financially able to build a new computer with a new mobo, faster i7 Intel CPU, more DDR3 Ram, but trying to ‘tweek’ what I already have for now.
In the same area, I see the cashe levels is set at 6. The history States is 20.
Thank you.
Side note* What causes custom brushes I make and out into the brush toolbox disappear from time to time? I almost always save them to a separate folder, but why does this happen in the first place?
