RAM & Pro Tools

[EGS]

Originally Posted by musicman691

That was already suggested in post #4 and was rejected - too much lag the op said. However it would give him the number he really needs - aka a real world number...

yep

[spinsong]

Lag is not usually brought on with low amounts of ram for the most part. The problems he might be facing is, an outdated cpu, FireWire 400, and underperforming system specs. Otherwise, a very informative thread about ram.


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[kings79]

Originally Posted by spinsong

Lag is not usually brought on with low amounts of ram for the most part. The problems he might be facing is, an outdated cpu, FireWire 400, and underperforming system specs. Otherwise, a very informative thread about ram.


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Outdated CPU yes. Everyone's waiting for PT native on Apple silicone, including me.

Who's using firewire 400?

[spinsong]

The problem with the waiting for Apple silicone native is, it drops support for intel. By the way, how could your system lag from performing the suggested procedure.


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[kings79]

Originally Posted by spinsong

The problem with the waiting for Apple silicone native is, it drops support for intel.


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So then you'll be on outdated CPU?

[spinsong]

You’re on the 5.1. I have a 2.1 but that’s besides the point, amongst more modern cpus I have.


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[kings79]

Originally Posted by spinsong

You’re on the 5.1


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5,1.

I'm aware of that thanks mate.

[JFreak]

Guys, the only way of knowing if you have enough RAM is to open Activity Monitor, keep it open while you work, and after the session go to Memory page and see how much swap has been used. If it says zero you have more than you need.

[kings79]

Originally Posted by JFreak

Guys, the only way of knowing if you have enough RAM is to open Activity Monitor, keep it open while you work, and after the session go to Memory page and see how much swap has been used. If it says zero you have more than you need.

Ohhh ok.

Will try that. Thanks man.

What does the swap equate to? What does it mean?

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https://support.apple.com/lt-lt/guid...tmntr34865/mac

[JFreak]

Swap means writing something from memory to your system drive to make room for other things needed to fit in memory. Then the stuff gets read back into memory when needed, and that activity is called swapping. It was a real problem when system drives were slow spinners, but now that SSD has 3gbps throughput it is already faster than memory of 80's computer


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