RAM: How much do you have of it?

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:59 pm

Knowname wrote:
DriftRoot wrote:It's not so much the RAM when editing, it's the RAM when editing with which program - among other factors related to slowness and crashing like your processor, HD cleanliness etc. One person's tolerance for slowness/crashing will be different from someone else's, too.
A64 procs work better with 1 gig ram sticks as well, so I hear. Also if you don't have two identicle sticks of ram these days, your just crazy o.0

I'm only pointing out that a heck of a lot of other things besides your RAM can cause slow down/crashing problems. And not everyone has a computer built within the past three or four years - older, standard machines have a harder time with high-end AMVing than their newer counterparts. Yes, you can create AMVs on older computers (people have been doing it for years and years, after all), but the experience is going to be quite different on a newer machine.

Sort of like taking a 15-year-old dog and a puppy for a walk on the beach. All three of you are going to enjoy the outing and make it from one end of the beach to the other. One dog grey and stiff, however, has its own agenda and won't be running three miles to your every one, while the other is quite fresh and new, exploding with potential and turning inside out to tackle even impossible tasks (i.e. chasing piping plovers and actually believing it can catch them). The possibility of the older dog having a heart attack during a particularly strenuous dash also is much higher.

I'd say my computer is entering its silver years. *sigh* One of these days I'll have to max out my RAM to see how far I can push it - a power wheelchair for an aging PC.

Hitori · Post by **Hitori** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:34 pm

1.5 gigs for my editing system.

Beefy_Suavo · Post by **Beefy_Suavo** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:05 pm

In my Windows computer: 512 MB because that's the most the chipset can handle. Put in any more and it still says 512 MB.

In my Power Mac G5: 8 GB.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:24 pm

I completed my second video on a laptop with 256MB. My current system has 2GB. Other computer specs if interested can be found on my profile page.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:22 am

At home: 1 gig.
At work: 2 gig

the workstations I've run have had as little as 128mb (they were unhappy), but generally seem to do just fine on 512. I've had better luck with using faster hard drives than upgrading ram (to a point) when it comes to working with premiere. I can't really tell the difference between 1 and 2 gig to be honest.

DJ_Izumi · Post by **DJ_Izumi** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:17 am

512mb right now. 1.5GB once the delivery truck arrives tomorrow. ^^;

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:39 am

This machine I'm on now 512MB. My new computer that will offically go online tomorrow, 2GB. I can't wait to seriously edit on that sexy rig.

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:40 pm

Kariudo wrote:In my laptop...uhh...512MB (but my task manager says I have a gig...any ideas? could it be that its SODIMM? or is the rest my virtual memory?)

Hmm, that's interesting, I have a little bit of the opposite issue. I have 512 DDR SDRAM installed, but Windows only show 448, which is a difference of exactly 64. I wonder if part of that is reserved for hardware, so it doesn't show up in the properties? That's what both the System Properties and the Task Manager shows, System Information says I have the 512MB of physical, and about 2GB of virtual mem. The SO stands for Small Outline, according to Wiki, so I don't see how that would relate to your issue, but who knows.

Willen · Post by **Willen** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:35 pm

gangstaj8 wrote:Hmm, that's interesting, I have a little bit of the opposite issue. I have 512 DDR SDRAM installed, but Windows only show 448, which is a difference of exactly 64. I wonder if part of that is reserved for hardware, so it doesn't show up in the properties? That's what both the System Properties and the Task Manager shows, System Information says I have the 512MB of physical, and about 2GB of virtual mem. The SO stands for Small Outline, according to Wiki, so I don't see how that would relate to your issue, but who knows.

Most likely, the difference is due to your video chipset using main memory for graphics. So your guess is correct. Check your video adapter's properties and you will most likely find that it is using 64MB of memory.

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:11 pm

Willen wrote:Most likely, the difference is due to your video chipset using main memory for graphics. So your guess is correct. Check your video adapter's properties and you will most likely find that it is using 64MB of memory.

Wow, that's exactly it, learn something new every day. I guess I assumed the integrated video chip had it's own seperate memory located somewhere on the mobo. Does that mean that if I get a video card with built-in memory, that the integrated chip will just be wasting that 64MB? I suppose I could just disable the hardware though. Man, I need to take a class or something...