Illustrator 2021 high memory

[Riannosda65]

I've two different PC and when I lauch Illustrator with the same file,  I see great differences on the memory usage. In one PC, it uses 114 MB while in the other PC, it uses 1.230 MB.

The PCs have the same software - W10Pro 64 bit - and the Adobe CC is the same.

Why do I have such a huge difference?

[Abhishek Rao]

Hi @Riannosda65,

Thanks for sharing the details and the screenshots! Could you please confirm the exact version of Illustrator 2021 you're using on both machines? While both PCs might be running the same OS and CC version, hardware differences like the available RAM, graphics card, or even processor type can impact how Illustrator allocates and uses memory.

Also, try resetting Illustrator preferences on both machines to see if that equalizes the memory usage a bit. Reference: Create a backup and reset your Illustrator preferences. 

Make sure to backup your preferences before resetting. 

Let me know how it goes. Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek

[Riannosda65]

Illustrator 25.3.1 (64 bit).

Both PC have 16 MB RAM, already done reset. 

The faster/newer PC is the one where Illustrator uses more RAM.

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Riannosda65,

Could you try updating to the latest release version of Illustrator and then checking if you continue to face this problem?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav