09-30-2011, 06:13 AM
I'm only a "hobbyist" photographer, not a pro. Maybe if my living depended on having to do (process) images swiftly, I'd probably want my workflow to be as fast as possible.
As far as I'm aware, the CPU only kicks in when all the RAM is utilised, so with 16Gb of RAM I hardly ever see any CPU activity.
I also use a RAM saver software which releases RAM automatically. The software can be configured to release RAM every xx minutes (when xx is the user-set time period).
I've used similar software since Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. I've tried running my programmes with the RAM savers turned on and off and, to be honest, you'd hardly notice a difference.
Kinda like Registry cleaners ............ run one and it finds lots of useless entries, run another immediately afterwards and it finds lots more. That's when learning to edit the Registry manually comes in handy. And yes, I always back the Registry up before "tinkering."
As far as I'm aware, the CPU only kicks in when all the RAM is utilised, so with 16Gb of RAM I hardly ever see any CPU activity.
I also use a RAM saver software which releases RAM automatically. The software can be configured to release RAM every xx minutes (when xx is the user-set time period).
I've used similar software since Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. I've tried running my programmes with the RAM savers turned on and off and, to be honest, you'd hardly notice a difference.
Kinda like Registry cleaners ............ run one and it finds lots of useless entries, run another immediately afterwards and it finds lots more. That's when learning to edit the Registry manually comes in handy. And yes, I always back the Registry up before "tinkering."