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  • ram for vegas hdv work

    Posted by Steen Larsen on February 18, 2008 at 11:08 am

    I am all ready using vegas 7 for editing in dv and beginning to use Hdv. how much ram can it use – not how little. I want it to run as fast and smooth as possible. Using a Pentium 4 3g gigahertz

    Ken Wood replied 18 years, 2 months ago 6 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Laszlo Kovacs

    February 18, 2008 at 6:15 pm

    Hi,
    I think there’s no so much RAM that comes no handy, so my suggest is that use as much as you can afford, or your motherboard supports.

    This is my private opinion without digging for any “scientific” facts, so I may be wrong…
    But I guess I’m not ;))

    Regards

    K.L.

  • Mike Kujbida

    February 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    As things stand right now, XP (and, I think, Vista 32) can only support a bit over 3 GB of RAM.
    I’m not sure abut I think the 64 bit version of Vista can handle a lot more.

  • Rick Mac

    February 19, 2008 at 12:35 am

    Here is some good reading on the subject.
    Pay attention since 32bit Vista can handle more physical RAM than 32bit XP.

    https://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/01/14/windows-vista-32-bit-and-64-bit-x86-and-x64-maximum-supported-ram-physical-memory-limit/

    If you want really large amounts of RAM you must go with
    a 64bit Operating System and compatible hardware.

    Regards, Rick.

    Rick Mac
    Director of Audio Production
    TCT Network – Directv 377

  • Earle Del rosario

    February 21, 2008 at 10:03 am

    I’ve heard that there is no such thing as too much RAM. With P4, maximum RAM is needed to handle HDV with speed. Put as much as the motherboard can support. And, for as long as XP-sp2 works fine, stay away from Vista until absolutely necessary. Without the fastest latest hardware, Vista is very slow.

    VegasPro5,
    P4 3.0Ghz HT,
    Sapphire x600Pro graphics.
    [And still kick’n!]

  • Ken Wood

    February 24, 2008 at 11:53 pm

    XP 64 will lets you install 4GB by default. I think there are some tweaks to jump it up to 8GB. MoBo must have support for it, too.
    Vista takes the wraps off the max. It becomes how much money do you have.
    I’m running 4GB. What a treat.
    However, you need to set your preferences in Vegas as to how much to allocate for rendering.

    ken wood
    camarillo, ca
    the states

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