RAM for Vegas

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Lucian

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It's my understanding that Vegas never uses more than 3.5 gigs of RAM. If that's true, does this mean 4 gigs of RAM will cover you?

I mean I realize 3.5 is LESS THAN 4, but in terms of the overall amount of RAM installed on the machine. That's what I mean.

(shopping for a pc)
 
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I'd also like to know whether this changes under Windows 7 - I too will soon be shopping for a new computer...
 
I've never seen Vegas use more than 2 gigs of memory (and I have 3.5 gigs on 32-bit Windows). I always have plenty of left-over RAM no matter the size or complexity of the project being rendered.
 
Okay lets say Vegas uses 5 GIG max of RAM, worst case scenario. You still need RAM to run the graphics card? Other processes? So how much more on top of the 5 GIG do you need for the rest of the PC?
 
PerroneFord said:
RAM is cheap.
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I dunno about that... once you start talking 4 GB sticks which have to come in sets of 3 you are talking pretty serious $$$.

I just got quoted $900 for 12GB as three 4GB sticks.
If your Motherboard has 6 memory slots its far cheaper getting six 2GB sticks, but not all motherboards have that many slots.
 
PerroneFord said:
This...

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Why?

After Effects easily swaps several gigs of RAM on the same system. Vegas never swaps, despite very large HD edits.

Does Vegas deliberately avoid using swap? Does it use only a percentage (40%) of available RAM?

I'll be installing Windows 7 64-bit in a few days on the same system, so the comparison will be interesting!
 
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