Posted by Brian Murphy on May 24, 2018 at 12:38 PM
I have been receiving a message while in photo shop that I do not have enough ram. I tried following instructions that I saw on you tube but the program locks up. Does anyone have any ideas? I may just remove photo shop cc from the computer and stay with elements.
Thank you for in advance your help.
Ah. That is just not enough. Specs say 2 as the minimum, but 8 recommended. I wouldn’t ever recommend less than 16. Don’t know what system you are running, but you definitely need more memory.
RAM is very cheap today. If your system can handle it, I would suggest a minimum of 16 GB, preferably 32 or more. Make sure your system will accept that much first, or you may just want to price a newer computer.
If you are running Windows 10, 4 Gbs meets the Microsoft minimum, (before you run Photoshop). I believe 4 tbs is slim on memory just running Windows. I agree with the advice above to max out your memory on the computer you run Photoshop on to get performance improvements.
Other things that can help are:
- Have a swap drive on a separate physical dive that Photoshop can use for large images
- use a solid state disk for your "C" drive. The SSD drives can give a great performance boost to windows in general and Photoshop for your photo work.
If you do not want to spend money on memory of SAD drives and Photoshop Elements will handle you photo processing needs then that would the low cost path to get faster performance.
That is my experience and opinion and I am sure others have other methods of improving performance that can work.
Brian, you've gotten some great advice here, but I need to ask some questions:
Desktop, or Laptop?
Make and Model, and how old?
Which OS are you using?
How large, in MB, or GB, are your files?
Some laptops are limited as to the number of RAM modules you can replace, and will have a maximum amount of RAM the motherboard will accept. Most desktops will allow you to replace all the RAM modules.
In either case, you will need to add, or replace with the exact type of RAM. Your motherboard manual will tell you the max amount and the type of RAM you must use. If you install RAM that the board and chipset does not support, your computer will not boot.
It is advisable to install as much RAM as the motherboard will accept. Typically, 16 or 32 GB for a desktop, although newer boards will accept 64 GB, or more. There is a caveat, though: Even if your computer will accept more that 32 GB, you get to a point where you are spending money for small gains in performance for typical image editing.
An SSD will make a big difference in overall performance, but won't fix 'out of memory' errors. So, upgrading your RAM is the best solution.
It is also a good idea to run a disk cleaning app, such as CCleaner, or the built in Disk Cleanup utility in Windows. These will remove un-needed files and other junk that hurt performance. Also, check for apps that run in the background that you can disable. These apps run in your RAM, and if you have a lot of them, performance will be affected (do not disable your anti-virus or anti-malware apps).
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6 repliesThank you for in advance your help.
Brian
I have four gigs of ram.
If you are running Windows 10, 4 Gbs meets the Microsoft minimum, (before you run Photoshop). I believe 4 tbs is slim on memory just running Windows. I agree with the advice above to max out your memory on the computer you run Photoshop on to get performance improvements.
Other things that can help are:
- Have a swap drive on a separate physical dive that Photoshop can use for large images
- use a solid state disk for your "C" drive. The SSD drives can give a great performance boost to windows in general and Photoshop for your photo work.
If you do not want to spend money on memory of SAD drives and Photoshop Elements will handle you photo processing needs then that would the low cost path to get faster performance.
That is my experience and opinion and I am sure others have other methods of improving performance that can work.
Hope you find a way that works for you!
Jim
- Desktop, or Laptop?
- Make and Model, and how old?
- Which OS are you using?
- How large, in MB, or GB, are your files?
Some laptops are limited as to the number of RAM modules you can replace, and will have a maximum amount of RAM the motherboard will accept. Most desktops will allow you to replace all the RAM modules.In either case, you will need to add, or replace with the exact type of RAM. Your motherboard manual will tell you the max amount and the type of RAM you must use. If you install RAM that the board and chipset does not support, your computer will not boot.
It is advisable to install as much RAM as the motherboard will accept. Typically, 16 or 32 GB for a desktop, although newer boards will accept 64 GB, or more. There is a caveat, though: Even if your computer will accept more that 32 GB, you get to a point where you are spending money for small gains in performance for typical image editing.
An SSD will make a big difference in overall performance, but won't fix 'out of memory' errors. So, upgrading your RAM is the best solution.
It is also a good idea to run a disk cleaning app, such as CCleaner, or the built in Disk Cleanup utility in Windows. These will remove un-needed files and other junk that hurt performance. Also, check for apps that run in the background that you can disable. These apps run in your RAM, and if you have a lot of them, performance will be affected (do not disable your anti-virus or anti-malware apps).
I hope this helps,
--P