How Much RAM Memory Do You Have (Poll)

[TedG954]

How much RAM do you use for processing your photos. In the narrative, you can list your software, JPG, RAW, etc.

 

[TedG954]

Sometimes, I run PS, LR, and Photomatix all at the same time processing RAW photos. I only have 4 GB, but I'm able to get the job done. I want to expand, but I'm not sure how much more RAM I should get.

 

[jdeg]

I use 16gb to run all the browser tabs I have open. haha

 

[§am]

If you have a 32bit OS then 4GB is your limit - anymore and you're throwing money at a lost cause.

If you have a 64bit OS - chuck as much money as you want at RAM. Depending on how old your system is, 6GB on DDR3 triple channel memory spec machines is a good minimum to start with and work up from there.
It's not just the RAM though, a good processor will also aide in the process(es), but again depends how much money you want to throw at it.

 

[piperbarb]

8 GB ram each on MacBook pro and Ubuntu Linux laptop, but would love 16 GB for my linux laptop. On my Mac, I use viewNX, Photoshop Elements and been playing around with Aftershot Pro and Darktable because it runs on both operating systems. On Linux I'll use Darktable and Aftershot Pro.

 

[Dave_W]

I currently have 16 gig but thinking of bumping it up to 32 in the coming months. Passing around these 36 mp images between LR, PS, Nik and Photomatix, chews up a lot of memory. Fortunately I'm running the third gen i7 processor so there's more than enough engine to pull the load, I just need a little more room to park the train between stations....if you will.

 

[PapaST]

If you have a 64bit OS - chuck as much money as you want at RAM.

This is how I feel. RAM is supercheap and an easy/worthwhile upgrade IMO.

I primarily use LR4 on an i7 with 16GB of RAM

 

[AC016]

102mb... Figure that out

 

[Horoscope Fish]

I do fine running 8GB under Windows 7 (64 bit) and using CS6 but then I don't have extraordinary processing needs, either. Photoshop can be pretty demanding on your system as a whole so a good processor is equally important; all it takes is one bottleneck and the whole system is slowed down.

 

[vindex1963]

8gb on the pc and 4gb on the net book both win 7 64 bit. The net book works fine with Capture NX2 but does slow the pc doesn't slow a bit.

 

[Moab Man]

6 gb ram
AMD Phenom II P960 Quad-Core Processor 1.80 ghz (Photo editor machine primary)

or

8 gb ram
Custom built Quad-Core I7 @ 3.5 ghz (Video editing machine primary)

Software: CS6.

 

[Mark F]

8gb on my iMac. 8 on my macbook. Seems thats enough to do most everything I need in PP

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

8 seems to be more or less standard now. Anything less and things start to slow down. For Windows users you really need to get a 64bit machine. Not sure why they even still sell 32bit.

 

[fotojack]

4 GB on my Windows XP Pro PC 32 bit, and 2GB on my Windows 7 Lenovo laptop 32 bit. Never had a slowdown.

 

[Scott Murray]

4gb on 13" MBP, 8gb on 17" MBP. Need new system I think as the files from the D800 slow things down.

 

[pistnbroke]

latest iMAC 27 I dont know or care...

 

[DTigga]

16gb on a Zeon processor based pc (server) windows 8 64bit.
Great for large panoramas.

 

[crycocyon]

"only" 16 GB on a recent Mac mini w. 2.6 GHz i7

I was reading that post about 102 GB......huh?

 

[Mark F]

"only" 16 GB on a recent Mac mini w. 2.6 GHz i7

I was reading that post about 102 GB......huh?

That was 102 mb... Not gb.

 

[aZuMi]

4GB on my imac and 6gb on my laptop. I only use my mac whenever I have to edit. Even though it's painfully slow when exporting 10-12mp edited photos, it's still good enough for the overall workflow.