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Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: David Saffir on April 18, 2010, 10:46:14 pm

I'm about to pull the trigger on getting a Mac Pro desktop (quad core), I currently use CS4 and will likely upgrade to CS5.

I currently have 8GB of RAM in my Mac Power PC. Some of my image files approach 2GB. Would I need less, or more, RAM in the Mac Pro? What are your thoughts?

thank you,


David

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: ErikKaffehr on April 19, 2010, 12:50:55 am

Hi,

I bought mine with 3GByte memory but upgraded to 16 GByte from OWC the same day it arrived.

8 GByte is the minimum I'd recommend.

Check this site for info:

http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html (http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html)

Photoshop CS4 canot access more than 3GByte memory directly but CS5 will be able to access all memory you have.

Best regards
Erik

Quote from: David Saffir

I'm about to pull the trigger on getting a Mac Pro desktop (quad core), I currently use CS4 and will likely upgrade to CS5.

I currently have 8GB of RAM in my Mac Power PC. Some of my image files approach 2GB. Would I need less, or more, RAM in the Mac Pro? What are your thoughts?

thank you,


David

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: ternst on April 19, 2010, 08:58:51 am

I've got a question about CS5 and RAM for an older Mac - it's a 2007 Mac Pro 1.1, 2.66 Dual-Core Intel. When I upgrade to CS5, will it be able to run in 64 bit and access all of my 24gb of memory? Or will I need to upgrade to a newer Mac Pro in order to be able to do this? Thanks!

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: Schewe on April 19, 2010, 03:35:35 pm

Quote from: ternst

I've got a question about CS5 and RAM for an older Mac - it's a 2007 Mac Pro 1.1, 2.66 Dual-Core Intel. When I upgrade to CS5, will it be able to run in 64 bit and access all of my 24gb of memory? Or will I need to upgrade to a newer Mac Pro in order to be able to do this? Thanks!

I'm running CS5 on a 2006 MacPro Mactintel with 10.5.8 and it runs in 64 bit and sees all 16 gigs I've got. So, you should be fine with your 2007 machine. I've got a new MacPro with 32 gigs and running 10.6.3 and it's a lot faster than my old MacPro. So, updating to a new machine and OS would be useful. The question really is one of cost and timing...MacPros are "due" for an update, just don't know when.

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: David Saffir on April 19, 2010, 06:57:20 pm

thanks Erik!

David

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: David Saffir on April 19, 2010, 08:30:00 pm

thanks, Jeff!

David

Title: RAM for Mac Pro Desktop?
Post by: ternst on April 19, 2010, 08:32:30 pm

Double ditto to Jeff! (What are you doing with such an old machine though!?)