Michael, The extra 20% does make a difference to us.
As a portrait studios we regularly generate image sizes that approach 1Gb before saving (loads of layers!!). For a long time, I had my slider set to 75% but was slowed down all the time as as the file sizes exceeded the available RAM and data was being written to the scratch disk. Also, when preparing images for viewing we like to bring up as many as possible at a time to speed the workflow. During this process we 'fill up' the available RAM (checking the position on the status bar) and have never had a problem. Just a thought for those alarmed at the idea of using 100%. If this would render Photoshop unstable, then surely Adobe would not leave it as an option. Or perhaps 100% is not really 100% of all the system RAM but simply 100% of what is available AFTER system needs have been catered for? Even when set at this level, I am successfully running my file browser and the RIP in the background. Jonathan "I don't know that 100% is advisable. Are you saying you saw significant loss of performance for any other allocation setting? For example, what's your experience for an allocation of 80%?? And, how much RAM are you speaking of, and how big of an image file? cheerios ... shAf :o) Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland" =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
