Is there such a thing as too much RAM for P-Pro CS3 at DVinfo.net

Tim Bickford · September 27th, 2008, 10:53 PM

I currently have 2 GB of ram. I am consitantly getting memory errors on movie exports and or renders of some large projects. If I upgrade to 4 Gb RAM will P-Pro utilize it?

I was always told that AE utizes ram more so than P-Pro. Is that true for CS3?

Thanks

Jiri Fiala · September 28th, 2008, 12:47 AM

CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. See for yourself.

Tim Bickford · September 28th, 2008, 10:30 AM

My Page File goes as high as 2GB and there is typically about 700 MEG of ram remaining. I really do not have a good grip on all this. However, I keep crashing due to low memory.

If I upgrade to 4 Gig.... would P-Pro-CS3 utilize the additional memory? The obvious answer should be YES. However, I was told... a while back... the P-Pro (1 or 2 ?) did not utilze ram the way that AE does.

Tripp Woelfel · September 28th, 2008, 11:11 AM

Tim... To the best of my knowledge the answer is no. PP will only use 2 GB. I've read some bits referring to a switch that well allocate more memory to PP (up to 3 GB, I think), but it's gotten mixed reviews from what I've seen.

Jiri Fiala · September 28th, 2008, 11:32 AM

I have stated this previously on this board.

I have actually NEVER hit 2 gigs with PPro (WinXP 32bit and 4 gigs of RAM). I don`t even remember filling just one gig. I have plenty of free RAM that goes unused in Premiere. Drive is constantly thrashing when switching bins or timelines, refreshing thumbnails everytime I scroll up or down in a bin with many clips. Premiere is just SO bad dealing with RAM.

AE, Photoshop or Avids have no problems filling my memory, so it`s not a computer or Windows problem.

Has anyone here actually hit 2 (or 1 GB) with Premiere?

Tripp Woelfel · September 28th, 2008, 03:45 PM

Don't know if I've actually hit 2GB but I know I've come close. Definitely over 1GB.

I don't know what you're doing but I think there's a bunch of us who would like to know your secret. Memory issues with PP (including a prevalent memory leak) are well documented both here and elsewhere.

Giroud Francois · September 28th, 2008, 04:10 PM

under XP, an application cannot use more than 2 gig at a time.
XP himself will not recognize more than 3 gig of RAM.
anyway, when dealing with video , you cannot expect to have some data in memory (video is always in the range of dozen of gigabyte), so the behavior of premiere with video is more to deal with some buffers and plugins (like storing several uncompressed frames to apply an effect).
the best guess you can do with XP is to have a very fast disk (like a stripped RAID or even better a 16gig fast SSD) and set it for the temp files of XP and premiere.
I use an I-Ram card with 4 gig of RAM set as a sata drive and it works pretty well, the only problem being that 4 gig is pretty short.
you can set XP to keep unused DLL in memory, avoiding memory swap by modiying the registry.
this will eat a bit more memory but can avoid memory leak and give better response time.

look for DisablePagingExecutive on google
or look here
http://kadaitcha.cx/performance.html

September 27th, 2008, 10:53 PM	#1
Tim Bickford Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 448	Is there such a thing as too much RAM for P-Pro CS3 I currently have 2 GB of ram. I am consitantly getting memory errors on movie exports and or renders of some large projects. If I upgrade to 4 Gb RAM will P-Pro utilize it? I was always told that AE utizes ram more so than P-Pro. Is that true for CS3? Thanks __________________ Tim Bickford

September 28th, 2008, 10:30 AM	#3
Tim Bickford Major Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 448	My Page File goes as high as 2GB and there is typically about 700 MEG of ram remaining. I really do not have a good grip on all this. However, I keep crashing due to low memory. If I upgrade to 4 Gig.... would P-Pro-CS3 utilize the additional memory? The obvious answer should be YES. However, I was told... a while back... the P-Pro (1 or 2 ?) did not utilze ram the way that AE does. __________________ Tim Bickford

September 28th, 2008, 12:47 AM	#2
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. See for yourself.

September 28th, 2008, 11:11 AM	#4
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	Tim... To the best of my knowledge the answer is no. PP will only use 2 GB. I've read some bits referring to a switch that well allocate more memory to PP (up to 3 GB, I think), but it's gotten mixed reviews from what I've seen.

September 28th, 2008, 11:32 AM	#5
Jiri Fiala Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brno Czech Republic Posts: 453	I have stated this previously on this board. I have actually NEVER hit 2 gigs with PPro (WinXP 32bit and 4 gigs of RAM). I don`t even remember filling just one gig. I have plenty of free RAM that goes unused in Premiere. Drive is constantly thrashing when switching bins or timelines, refreshing thumbnails everytime I scroll up or down in a bin with many clips. Premiere is just SO bad dealing with RAM. AE, Photoshop or Avids have no problems filling my memory, so it`s not a computer or Windows problem. Has anyone here actually hit 2 (or 1 GB) with Premiere?

September 28th, 2008, 03:45 PM	#6
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	Don't know if I've actually hit 2GB but I know I've come close. Definitely over 1GB. I don't know what you're doing but I think there's a bunch of us who would like to know your secret. Memory issues with PP (including a prevalent memory leak) are well documented both here and elsewhere.

September 28th, 2008, 04:10 PM	#7
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	under XP, an application cannot use more than 2 gig at a time. XP himself will not recognize more than 3 gig of RAM. anyway, when dealing with video , you cannot expect to have some data in memory (video is always in the range of dozen of gigabyte), so the behavior of premiere with video is more to deal with some buffers and plugins (like storing several uncompressed frames to apply an effect). the best guess you can do with XP is to have a very fast disk (like a stripped RAID or even better a 16gig fast SSD) and set it for the temp files of XP and premiere. I use an I-Ram card with 4 gig of RAM set as a sata drive and it works pretty well, the only problem being that 4 gig is pretty short. you can set XP to keep unused DLL in memory, avoiding memory swap by modiying the registry. this will eat a bit more memory but can avoid memory leak and give better response time. look for DisablePagingExecutive on google or look here http://kadaitcha.cx/performance.html