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June 29, 2024
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8 go Ram is enough for photoshop 2024 ?

  • June 29, 2024
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Hi everyone, do you think 8go RAM is enough to run photoshop 2024 on a Mac Air M2 ? Thank's

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Bojan Živković11378569
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June 29, 2024

No, it's not sufficient. Perhaps adequate for basic operations, but insufficient for more demanding tasks. On Windows, the operating system alone will occupy approximately 5GB. It is important to consider that the operating system needs to be loaded into RAM as a foundation for all other processes.

D Fosse
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June 29, 2024

It is absolutely not enough with an Apple silicon machine (or any machine with an integrated GPU).

 

The problem is that the GPU uses shared system memory. That's what "unified memory" means behind the marketing language.

 

And the GPU can use a lot! 8 - 16 GB is not uncommon, just for the GPU.

 

With Apple silicon, 16 GB is absolutely bare minimum, but 32 should be considered baseline.

Participant
June 29, 2024

thank's, ill follow your advice

Ged_Traynor
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June 29, 2024

@aldo3832995227mj not really, the recommended is 16 GB, you might get by with 8 GB for small projects.

https://helpx.adobe.com/ie/photoshop/system-requirements.html