mckeed wrote:I encourage everyone to take a look at your task manager next time you render and see how much memory the application takes up versus your total memory. If you see it getting close to max, then upgrade your RAM if it doesn't, then your fine. There is no point spending money on something that you don't need.
I use the RAMpage utility to see what memory is being used up (I have 1GB). The processor power (P4 2.4GHz) and hard drives (ATA100 7200RPM 8MB cache) are definitely the limiting factor
on my own machine. I initially thought about buying more memory before checking out how much I was really using. I had over 500MB of RAM available during my video processing.
I am now looking into getting a dual processor setup for my next machine.