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Can I allocate more memory for particular applications?
Hi everyone,
This is my first post here, and sorry if this topic has been covered before, but I've searched extensively and still haven't found what I'm looking for.
Basically, I'm a recording engineer and I run Steinberg's Cubase on Windows 7 32-bit, Home Basic. For some reason, Windows has allocated about 950mb to Cubase, and if I cross this limit my projects crash. Now, what I want to know is - is there any way I can increase the amount of RAM allocated to Cubase? I believe in most cases Cubase can use up to 1.4GB, but I'm assuming that the 950mb limit in my case is somehow due to me using Home Basic (I can't think of any other reason).
The other option I've considered is the /3GB switch which would "free up" more memory for my applications, but I'm not sure if that's safe for my system - from what I understand, it allocates 3GB of RAM for user processes and just the 1GB for kernel processes. Would my system be able to run with just that 1 GB?
I'm sorry if I'm coming across as ignorant or silly, I'm just in a bit of a fix as 950mb is definitely WAY too little for my needs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Again, sorry if this has been covered before.
Regards,
Keshav