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Is anybody using FoCal on a XP SP3 with 2GB of ram?
rpt:
I figured I needed FoCal but the website says one needs 3GB for XP SP3. I am going to do AFMA on my lenses for the 5D3 so XP SP3 is fine. However, as I have just 2GB of ram I am not sure if it will run. I have posted a question on their forum but was wondering if anybody is running it on a 2GB XP machine.
Yes, I know the config is low :) I did not need more ram earlier so I stayed with 2gb.
Mt Spokane Photography:
It requires all the memory and horsepower you can give it. Its does sone very complex computations.
Spend $50 or less and get more memory. For DDR3, its under $25 for 4GB, but older memory is a bit more expensive.
rpt:
--- Quote from: Mt Spokane Photography on June 13, 2012, 11:39:25 AM ---It requires all the memory and horsepower you can give it. Its does sone very complex computations.
Spend $50 or less and get more memory. For DDR3, its under $25 for 4GB, but older memory is a bit more expensive.
--- End quote ---
:) I guess I will need to shell out the time to get my old laptop or desktop upgraded the $50 is not an issue, both my laptop and desktop are over 3 years old...
Mt Spokane Photography:
--- Quote from: rpt on June 13, 2012, 11:44:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mt Spokane Photography on June 13, 2012, 11:39:25 AM ---It requires all the memory and horsepower you can give it. Its does sone very complex computations.
Spend $50 or less and get more memory. For DDR3, its under $25 for 4GB, but older memory is a bit more expensive.
--- End quote ---
:) I guess I will need to shell out the time to get my old laptop or desktop upgraded the $50 is not an issue, both my laptop and desktop are over 3 years old...
--- End quote ---
You are in luck, memory is priced low. If you have SATA drives consider buying a 128gb SSD and install your programs on it while you put your data on the rotating drive. Then, when Windows switches out memory to the drive (virtual memory), it will speed up things a lot. You will be using a lot of virtual memory trying to edit 5D MK III images on a 3GB machine. When you upgrade computers, just move the SSD to the new one and use it the same way. Many new computers are starting to come configured this way, with a small SSD for the OS/Programs and a large rotating hard drive for data. I've reconfigured all of mine to operate like this, except for laptops, I just use a SSD.
rpt:
--- Quote from: Mt Spokane Photography on June 13, 2012, 12:02:14 PM ---
--- Quote from: rpt on June 13, 2012, 11:44:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mt Spokane Photography on June 13, 2012, 11:39:25 AM ---It requires all the memory and horsepower you can give it. Its does sone very complex computations.
Spend $50 or less and get more memory. For DDR3, its under $25 for 4GB, but older memory is a bit more expensive.
--- End quote ---
:) I guess I will need to shell out the time to get my old laptop or desktop upgraded the $50 is not an issue, both my laptop and desktop are over 3 years old...
--- End quote ---
You are in luck, memory is priced low. If you have SATA drives consider buying a 128gb SSD and install your programs on it while you put your data on the rotating drive. Then, when Windows switches out memory to the drive (virtual memory), it will speed up things a lot. You will be using a lot of virtual memory trying to edit 5D MK III images on a 3GB machine. When you upgrade computers, just move the SSD to the new one and use it the same way. Many new computers are starting to come configured this way, with a small SSD for the OS/Programs and a large rotating hard drive for data. I've reconfigured all of mine to operate like this, except for laptops, I just use a SSD.
--- End quote ---
I need to get LR 4.1 too and it does not run on XP :(
So I will need to update my setup anyway... Will take your suggestion then. Thanks.
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