People keep saying don't get more than 512M with W98, but having 768M
does speed up Photoshop when working with large files on my old NEC
Athlon system:
W98SE, PS6.01, PS set to use 80% of free RAM:
(in PS, 768M system has 569,607K, 512M system has 379443K)
1) resizing 20M TIFF to 200M: 768M system= 19 seconds; 512M = 19s
2) resizing 20M TIFF to 400M: 768M system= 42 seconds; 512M = 60s
3) resizing 20M TIFF to 500M: 768M system= 71 seconds; 512M = 87s
4) With/without Cacheman utility, 768M: no difference.
Jon
--- Julian Robinson <julian@austarmetro.com.au> wrote:
> I was trying to catch up by reading messages backwards, so didn't see
> Rob's
> original post. I think this answers my question - I should not
> bother
> with more than 512MB until I move up from Win98.
>
> Still not sure about what "resources" actually covers though.
>
> Like you Rob I would be using Win2000 today if it didn't mean I'd
> have to
> upgrade half my existing software and maybe hardware.
>
> Julian
>
> Julian Robinson
> in usually sunny, smog free Canberra, Australia
>
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