05-10-2012, 06:04 PM
Okay, I got the 4GB module today and installed it. Here's what I'm finding. My Mac is running noticeably faster and Photoshop is definitely running faster. I wanted to check to see how much RAM is allocated to Photoshop and found where I should be able to get another speed boost. I found that Photoshop was only recognizing 2100MB of RAM as being available. That's when I remembered that the Noiseware plugin is not 64-Bit compatible for Mac and that I have Photoshop running in 32-bit mode. (I use Noiseware a lot - I do a lot of low-light photography.)
I checkedd Imagenomic's website and they still don't have a Mac version of their plugin that works in 64-bit mode. (It's supposed to be ready soon.)
Since I know I have lots of free RAM right now, I went ahead and allocated all of the 2100MB of recognized RAM to Photoshop and that helped a lot. (Prior to this, only about 1150MB of RAM had been allocated to Photoshop.) I can see that Photoshop is running quite a bit faster and Adobe Camera Raw is working faster and smoother so it looks like the upgrade was worth it.
Thanks for the input.
I checkedd Imagenomic's website and they still don't have a Mac version of their plugin that works in 64-bit mode. (It's supposed to be ready soon.)
Since I know I have lots of free RAM right now, I went ahead and allocated all of the 2100MB of recognized RAM to Photoshop and that helped a lot. (Prior to this, only about 1150MB of RAM had been allocated to Photoshop.) I can see that Photoshop is running quite a bit faster and Adobe Camera Raw is working faster and smoother so it looks like the upgrade was worth it.
Thanks for the input.