01-19-2011, 09:13 PM
Yep, not all PCs will take more memory.
When I ran into trouble processing images, essentially when I got a 5D II with its 20+ MB Raw files, I switched to an i7 system with a few terabytes, 12 GB of Ram, etc. My old machine, with 4 GB of RAM and Vista 32 bit, took two minutes to process a relative simple filter on a photograph taken with the 5D II, and this went down to a few seconds or less on the new one. Of course, I also don't have to reboot my machine anymore because it hangs while processing images since I also moved from Vista 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
When I ran into trouble processing images, essentially when I got a 5D II with its 20+ MB Raw files, I switched to an i7 system with a few terabytes, 12 GB of Ram, etc. My old machine, with 4 GB of RAM and Vista 32 bit, took two minutes to process a relative simple filter on a photograph taken with the 5D II, and this went down to a few seconds or less on the new one. Of course, I also don't have to reboot my machine anymore because it hangs while processing images since I also moved from Vista 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit.
HTH, kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....