No matter what amount of memory I allocate to PS to use under the Performance tab in Preferences, PS will use more to the point that the whole system begins to stutter. I have screenshots and video because it's reproducible 100% of the time. The problem is exacerbated when using Adobe Camera Raw and using masks or presets. This is a new issue for me.
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631
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This is obviously not normal behavior. I am absolutely unable to get Photoshop to exceed the memory allocation set in Preferences.
From everything I hear and see, AMD tend to target their hardware very aggressively towards gaming. I also notice that this motherboard is very specifically a gaming model. I'd start by going over all settings and disable/reset everything that seems gaming related. That probably includes the BIOS.
That applies to the GPU driver particularly. I've heard that applications like PS/Lr are frequently identified as "games" in the AMD GPU driver. Correcting this has solved some problems for some users.
Can you post these two screenshots from Task Manager when this happens:
And also the full Help > System Info.
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-8DNKDN7
System Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model X570 AORUS ELITE
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU Default string
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor, 3801 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends International, LLC. F39, 3/22/2024
SMBIOS Version 3.3
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
BaseBoard Product X570 AORUS ELITE
BaseBoard Version Default string
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Off
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.22621.2506"
User Name: John Doe
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 24.0 GB
Total Virtual Memory 33.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 22.8 GB
Page File Space 2.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Windows Defender Application Control policy Enforced
Windows Defender Application Control user mode policy Off
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
No matter what amount of memory I allocate to PS to use under the Performance tab in Preferences, PS will use more to the point that the whole system begins to stutter. I have screenshots and video because it's reproducible 100% of the time. The problem is exacerbated when using Adobe Camera Raw and using masks or presets. This is a new issue for me.
OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631System Model X570 AORUS ELITEProcessor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor, 3801 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GBThis makes no sense what so ever, using camera RAW on NVIDIA and INTEL system also causes this issues it also fills up GPU VRAM , Being gaming oriented has no basis for such issues
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