Hi
I'd like to do some graphics design and editing using Photoshop CS4, but my graphics tablet doesn't work with my current 64bit installation of windows XP (and I think it's gonna stay that way).
I know that Vista 32bit works with it (and I have a copy of it), but I also know that:
1) Photoshop 32bit would only be able to utilize 2GB of RAM
2) the whole 32bit OS would only be able to utilize roughly 3.5GB (I have a 512MB graphics card, and 4GB of system RAM)
So do you reckon I'd absolutely need that extra memory that 64bit gives me to be able to edit/create images of 8+ megapixels? Yesterday I was creating an image in the GIMP on Linux 64bit (same system, dual boot), which had a resolution of 5120x3200 - which is 4 times the resolution of a 30 inch monitor and just over 16 megapixels. It ended up having a memory footprint of 1.1GB, but it wasn't a very complicated image (as a matter of fact, the tablet works in Linux at the moment).
So what do you think, do I need 64bit to edit large images in Photoshop, or should I jump to vista 32bit to enable my graphics tablet? Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of 64bit Vista (as I'm sure the tablet works in that).
Thanks (and I'm sure my post has made you , :lol
I'd like to do some graphics design and editing using Photoshop CS4, but my graphics tablet doesn't work with my current 64bit installation of windows XP (and I think it's gonna stay that way).
I know that Vista 32bit works with it (and I have a copy of it), but I also know that:
1) Photoshop 32bit would only be able to utilize 2GB of RAM
2) the whole 32bit OS would only be able to utilize roughly 3.5GB (I have a 512MB graphics card, and 4GB of system RAM)
So do you reckon I'd absolutely need that extra memory that 64bit gives me to be able to edit/create images of 8+ megapixels? Yesterday I was creating an image in the GIMP on Linux 64bit (same system, dual boot), which had a resolution of 5120x3200 - which is 4 times the resolution of a 30 inch monitor and just over 16 megapixels. It ended up having a memory footprint of 1.1GB, but it wasn't a very complicated image (as a matter of fact, the tablet works in Linux at the moment).
So what do you think, do I need 64bit to edit large images in Photoshop, or should I jump to vista 32bit to enable my graphics tablet? Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of 64bit Vista (as I'm sure the tablet works in that).
Thanks (and I'm sure my post has made you , :lol