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Joe Riggs · August 25th, 2010, 11:26 AM

This article CS5: Should You Upgrade? ANIMOTION mentions the following

Benefits
64bit: In a 32bit program, the maximum memory (RAM) that can be used is 3 GB. Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5 are 64bit programs and can use all of the memory in your computer. This makes the program more stable and faster, especially with complex projects.

Can anyone confirm this? I'm on the fence about upgrading because I only have 4gb of ram.

Bo Skelmose · August 25th, 2010, 11:41 AM

I can confirm that I can use cs5 on my Toshiba qusmio celeron laptop with 2 gb ram - cs4 cannot playback any HD files - no problem in CS5. My experience is that my computers that cannot handle cs 4 - works with cs5. Offcourse this will not do on all computers that cannot handle cs4 - like a 286 with 4 Mb ram.....
You gain a lot, just getting a 64 bit program.

Joe Riggs · August 25th, 2010, 11:44 AM

Wow! That is interesting.

Randall Leong · August 25th, 2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Riggs

This article CS5: Should You Upgrade? ANIMOTION mentions the following

Benefits
64bit: In a 32bit program, the maximum memory (RAM) that can be used is 3 GB. Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5 are 64bit programs and can use all of the memory in your computer. This makes the program more stable and faster, especially with complex projects.

Can anyone confirm this? I'm on the fence about upgrading because I only have 4gb of ram.

Premiere Pro CS5 can use all of that RAM - and the more RAM you add, the better. In fact, with only 4GB of RAM installed, CS5 does not run sufficiently better/faster than CS4 to justify the upgrade.

David Knarr · August 28th, 2010, 08:41 PM

Actually, I found the Mercury Playback Engine to be worth the price of the upgrade from CS4 to CS5, even on a Dual Core system with only 4 Gigs of RAM. Drop in a NVidia card with CUDA support and CS5 will really perform better than CS4. I did this with a couple of our older Dual Core systems.

Peter Manojlovic · August 30th, 2010, 05:14 PM

I'm on the fence with this one...

Do i upgrade to CS5 on my older HP workstation?
I'd gladly drop the Matrox card for a Cuda card if i felt comforatable knowing that my system could run faster.

I'm cutting HDV for the most part....

August 25th, 2010, 11:26 AM	#1
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	CS5 faster than CS4 on a slower system? This article CS5: Should You Upgrade? ANIMOTION mentions the following Benefits 64bit: In a 32bit program, the maximum memory (RAM) that can be used is 3 GB. Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects CS5 are 64bit programs and can use all of the memory in your computer. This makes the program more stable and faster, especially with complex projects. Can anyone confirm this? I'm on the fence about upgrading because I only have 4gb of ram.

August 25th, 2010, 11:41 AM	#2
Bo Skelmose Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 495	I can confirm that I can use cs5 on my Toshiba qusmio celeron laptop with 2 gb ram - cs4 cannot playback any HD files - no problem in CS5. My experience is that my computers that cannot handle cs 4 - works with cs5. Offcourse this will not do on all computers that cannot handle cs4 - like a 286 with 4 Mb ram..... You gain a lot, just getting a 64 bit program.

August 25th, 2010, 11:44 AM	#3
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	Wow! That is interesting.

August 28th, 2010, 08:41 PM	#5
David Knarr Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 59	Actually, I found the Mercury Playback Engine to be worth the price of the upgrade from CS4 to CS5, even on a Dual Core system with only 4 Gigs of RAM. Drop in a NVidia card with CUDA support and CS5 will really perform better than CS4. I did this with a couple of our older Dual Core systems.

August 30th, 2010, 05:14 PM	#6
Peter Manojlovic Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hamilton Ontario Posts: 769	I'm on the fence with this one... Do i upgrade to CS5 on my older HP workstation? I'd gladly drop the Matrox card for a Cuda card if i felt comforatable knowing that my system could run faster. I'm cutting HDV for the most part....