Memory usage

rhj4

Newbie Joined: Jun 04, 2012 01:35 Messages: 3 Offline

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Jun 04, 2012 23:16

I have a 4GB machine running Windows 7 64 bit. I open PowerDirector 10 and it uses every page of available memory and won't respond. It beats even iTunes for being a memory hog. Must I get more memory simply to run this program or is there something else wrong?

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 00:06

you machine hasn't enough memory. Period. Didn't you read the specs for Power Director. widows 7 64Bit requires a lot of resources to work, and you have only 4 Mb..which after windows 7 uses it's share you probably only have 3Mb left for Power Director..video editing requires a LOT computer power and memory resources to work, your machine will stuggle.
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rhj4

Newbie Joined: Jun 04, 2012 01:35 Messages: 3 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 12:04

How much memory is needed?

James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 12:08

Hi,
The more the merrier as they say...I would say minimum 6GB...I have 12GB and have no problems.
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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stevek

Senior Contributor Location: Houston, Texas USA Joined: Jan 25, 2011 12:18 Messages: 4663 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 12:41

Quote: How much memory is needed?

These are the specs

"Memory
512 MB required
3GB DDR2 or above recommended for 32 bit OS
6GB DDR2 or above recommended for 64 bit OS & 3D editing"

Have you set your Windows virtual memory? Typically 1.5 times the actual memory. Go to Windows help and type that in and it will tell you how to set it up.

It should run with less but you may have some issues with time delays.

Having said that, memory is cheap. Do you have any spare slots for more memory? Laptop or desktop. I just added 6G of memory for less than $50 but my mother board would take the additional memory. If yours can't, you would probably have to replace them all.

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amstec1

Newbie Location: Essex UK Joined: Apr 01, 2012 04:19 Messages: 47 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 13:43

just for my pennys worth my spec is
intel core i3 cpu m330 @2.13 ghz installed mem 4GB
hdd 72gb on c with 21gb free 206 on D 86 free
and thats after i freed up 60gb's

and still runs pd ok

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Senior Contributor Location: Canada Joined: Aug 21, 2009 11:24 Messages: 1431 Offline

Jun 05, 2012 15:14

You do not specify your PC type, HDD size or graphics memory size. In general, with Win 7 on a i7 PC with a graphics card of at least 1 Gbyte, your main memory will have to be at least 6 gbytes. Your HDD should have at least 50 gbytes free for HD editing one movie at a time. Win 10, i7

Gugli

Newbie Joined: Sep 14, 2009 23:52 Messages: 4 Offline

Jun 06, 2012 00:10

I have Q9550, 4 GB DDR2 ram, 7200 rpm x 3 HDs, nVidia 1gb 550Ti video card, win 7 64bit, PD 64 bit. No problem with editing 720p clips never maxed out mem. Maximum used around 3 gig... check anyother program causing this could be some background application. Check your Task Manager....