Re: Memory for XPS 600


<ahall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:kpg8xd7deem.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tom Scales writes:

Tom> "Dave" <dmjohn29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news> 7rr713th0ge34gevbue5oodtom14vispjn@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On 02 Apr 2007 09:36:25 -0400, <ahall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Crucial says that the max for XP 32 bit is 2gb.
>>>
>>> Is this really true? I am editing some very large
>>> scans in Photoshop, and want to add more memory.
>>> Would Photoshop be able to use it?
>>>
>>> Here is what Crucial said:
>>>
>>> * Maximum Memory: 8192MB
>>> * USB Support: 2.x Compliant
>>> * Standard Memory: 512MB removable
>>> * Slots: 4 (2 banks of 2)
>>> * Graphics Support: Dual PCI Express x16
>>> * Maximum memory depends on the installed operating system. 8GB
>>> maximum for Windows XP 64bit based systems and 2GB for Windows XP
>>> 32bit based systems.
>>
>> Photoshop can use up to 3GB with the proper configuration and XP SP2.
>> More than that, you're looking at Win XP 64.

Yes, but the XPS 600 cannot use more than 2gig, at least according to a
number of users posting on the Dell forums.

See> http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=320005
>>
>> Dave

Tom> Just curious, how big are your scans? I've been using PS in 1Gb with

70-80 meg before editing. Much bigger once a number of edits have been
done.

Tom> 12mp digital images, usually editing more than one at a time and it
Tom> was fine. I upgraded to 3GB, but didn't notice any real performance
Tom> difference.

I was getting about 50% efficiency as reported by PS. The books I have read
say that when you drop below 100 the difference is noticeable. I cannot really
tell, as when I am working on smaller images and have 100% it is faster, but
the images are smaller.

The memory has gotten cheap and I was about to buy some from crucial when
I saw their comment about the XPS 600 and its 2 gig limit on 32 bit XP.


--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)

Mine are around 60mb. I'll be interesting in hearing your experience.


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