RAM: How much do you have of it?

Devolution · Post by **Devolution** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:00 pm

on my old celeron 900 i had 1gig of ram, since premiere ran like ass on anything less than that.

in my newer system, i ran 512 up until recently, when i "borrowed" another 512 stick from a friend of mine. but in all honesty i haven't noticed a large performance increase when running premiere or photoshop (not like with my 900...the difference between 512 and 1gig on that system was like night and day). i'm sure Combustion3 would love it, but i haven't had a chance to run it on the new setup yet.

Hauntedcow · Post by **Hauntedcow** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:05 pm

JudgeHolden wrote:Ya, that's the ticket! lol

yea, I hope I didn't sound rude, my comments on forums are sometimes taken in offense for some reason.

genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:16 pm

I currently have 512 MB of Ram and I'm think about going up to a 1 GB. I just had my computer crash today, because I used up all my Ram. Priemere is evil. Or I should restart my computer everyday instead. That may be helpful. I'm just lazy that I don't feel like doing it.

I think 512 should be enough to run everything. Just need to refresh your computer more often, but 1 GB would be nice.

x_rex30 · Post by **x_rex30** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:22 pm

dual xeon.. 2x2gb=4.. so yeah.. I guess I have 4.

mrsir115 · Post by **mrsir115** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:28 pm

AMD Athalon XP 2400+ 2.4GHZ (not overclocked) with 1024MB of ram and a huge whopping 40gb harddrive ( i wasted all my money on the ram so I had to settle for that)

My Production server however is a PIII 1.0GHZ with 640MB of ram and runs like a dream with my very old 80GB that makes funny sounds from time to time!

I build all my computers because its the only way to make it do what you want it to!

[Mike of the Desert] · Post by **[Mike of the Desert]** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:12 am

Thanks a lot to everyone for your answers. =) Ok, so if I understood well, to be able to edit you can go from 512MB to 2GB, even if I'm been surprised to see that a 3GB of RAM space didn't changed the situation, even if the performance should be the same as is been said, I think that the probability of Program Crashing is terribily lower than with 512MB or 1GB. On my older System, before it auto-destroyed itself, I was running with 1GB, but if I'll be able to get a new one I'll go with 2. Thanks to everyone, your answers are been illuminating. =P

mexicanjunior, did you never tried to edit on your laptop?

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:23 am

1 gig I need more

no mony to get more though

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:20 pm

Hauntedcow wrote:yea, I hope I didn't sound rude, my comments on forums are sometimes taken in offense for some reason.

I take offense to that... [/sarcasm]

Driftroot mentioned the importance of keeping your HDD in some form of cleanliness, which I agree is extrememly important when working with especially large files. I'm editing with Premiere 6 on 512MB, without any problems whatsoever, even with Photoshop running. Well, except maybe when I push too many buttons at once and my computer farts. But I had previously been using WMM2 with continuous problems, I don't know how anyone actually manages that program after all the trouble it gave me. I would like to upgrade to 1GB of RAM just for safety concerns though, maybe the tax man will be kind this year...

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:26 pm

Melanchthon wrote:Had 256MB of RAM until today and never had any problems (I use Magix Edit Pro 2004, which for me is a very well-behaved program). I've now got 768MB RAM, and I'm debating whether I should pick up another 512MB while I can still get it hassle-free for £39.

Premeire is very stable for me. Nothing but occasional hickups since Premeire 5 on 256mb ram. Many complaints, I've found (about everything from premeire to lousy name brands like my deathstar hdd I had for 2 years running or various maxtors I had for DECADES... I still use my 8 gig! Or my off brand TV I've had for 6 months) are from enthusiasts or noobs that use their stuff for more than their supposed to. Sure, I can't overclock, but I get by on their refurbed wares ;p.

Hauntedcow · Post by **Hauntedcow** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:39 pm

Knowname wrote:
Melanchthon wrote:Had 256MB of RAM until today and never had any problems (I use Magix Edit Pro 2004, which for me is a very well-behaved program). I've now got 768MB RAM, and I'm debating whether I should pick up another 512MB while I can still get it hassle-free for £39.
Premeire is very stable for me. Nothing but occasional hickups since Premeire 5 on 256mb ram. Many complaints, I've found (about everything from premeire to lousy name brands like my deathstar hdd I had for 2 years running or various maxtors I had for DECADES... I still use my 8 gig! Or my off brand TV I've had for 6 months) are from enthusiasts or noobs that use their stuff for more than their supposed to. Sure, I can't overclock, but I get by on their refurbed wares ;p.

I've had several times where I have had up to 3 instances of Premiere running, Virtual dub rendering things, photoshop open, and a lot of other things going. I usually export videos I edit more technically section by section, it helps with troubleshooting the video a lot. Like my last film I made, I exported by scene, then combined the scenes in another project. Keeps things from getting messy and near impossible to find. One of my films I cut in one project, and any video clip was very hard to dig and find without watching the video until you got to it.