Photoshop runs out of RAM

[avramd33228207]

Hi everyone,

I've switched to a new PC and it's struggling to run Photoshop. If I use too large of a brush, for instance, it says there's not enough RAM so I usually save my file, quit, restart, and it works okay for a while. Can anyone suggest any fixes?

Here's my PC specs:

Device name MSI
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

And here's some settings in Photoshop.

[D Fosse]

Is this a laptop with dual GPUs? In that ase you should completely disable the integrated Intel GPU.

Scroll down to points 7 and 8 here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html 

Dual GPUs with conflicting drivers can cause a wide variety of problems, including memory-related.

[avramd33228207]

That has helped greatly. Thank you! Any other optimization tips you can suggest or is the graphics card the big one?

[KR Seals]

Keep an eye on the available space on Drive C:. It should always be at least 25% free. If your D: drive is an SSD, it would help to make that the scratch disk.

[avramd33228207]

Thanks for all the advice! I've made the scratchdisk the larger drive (the smaller is an SSD and the larger one is a spinning disc) so hopefully that will take care of the issues I've been having.