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RAM Usage
Hey guys i’m curious, I’ve got 4 GB Ram on my G5, but when i lauch AE (7.0) it says that’s using 2% of 3GB, what’s that al about? anyone, thanks.
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8 Replies
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What OS?
What are memory usage settings in AE?
Simon Carlson-Thies,
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I’m on Panther (10.4.6)
and on memory usage it says Mx mem usahe 120%=3GB … but is 3 GB the limit?
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Tiger 10.4.6 is a 64bit OS at the command line level, at the UI level the most any program can support is 3 or 4GB.
Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation -
I think that it’s because your computer as so much RAM, that it’s using only 3% of all its RAM to launch AE properly. I may be wrong, but I heard several stories like this.
Justin Productions
Tangerin01@hotmail.com
Adobe After Effects 6.5 Professional -
The 3% bit is how much AE is currently using. At launch, it doesn’t need a lot of RAM, just processing time to get the app loaded.
As for how much RAM it’s using, remember that even though OS 10.4 can address massive gigs of RAM, applications are still limited to how much RAM they can use. The limit is about 3.5 GB, but after some reserved memory space the OS takes you’re effectively running at 2.5 GB plus.
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so i guess no pint in upgrading to some more ram right? i was gona gen another 4 GB as soon as i could afford it
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If you want to run multiple memory-hog applications at once, like AE and Photoshop and FCP, then having lots of RAM is a good thing. Mac OS can allocate 3 GB of RAM separately to EACH application. Of course, it’s still more difficult to split up the processor time, so you couldn’t really render in AE, render in FCP, and apply big filters in Photoshop all at the same time. But all three apps could be active and you could work between them easily.
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Gotcha, it makes sense … hey guy thanks for all the help
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