Photoshop will run on 4GB RAM but 8GB is recommended. Certain capabilities / functions will be limited at 4GB. Using any of the programs in Creative Cloud is a large load on the RAM of your computer.
If you have 4 GB ram then you can use Photoshop cc 15 but Photoshop cs6 is recommended. Yes, good enough…. I was using Photoshop on 4 GB ram but i can’t able to use Illustrator so i had to upgrade my Laptop to 16 GB.
One source claimed Yes, 8 GB RAM is sufficient for basic edits in photoshop Lightroom CC. Minimum requirement is 4 GB RAM with 8 GB recommended, so i would expect you should be able to utilize most functionality in LR CC. If you do in Photoshop the same task as you would do in Paint, then yes it’s more then enough.
How much RAM do I need to run Photoshop?
You need 8 GB of RAM, a 2GHz processor, and 4 GB of hard disk space to run the latest version of Photoshop smoothly. It is possible to run photoshop on lower specs, but you will encounter lag when applying effects and brushes. See the table below for the minimum requirements to run Photoshop as recommended by Adobe.
So, how much memory does it take to run Photoshop?
As a general rule, Photoshop is a bit of a memory hog, and will put as much memory into stand-by as it can get. Adobe recommends your system have at least 2.5GB of RAM to run Photoshop CC in Windows (3GB to run it on Mac), but in our testing it used 5GB just to open the program and leave it running.
Can I allocate more memory to Photoshop?
We don’t recommend allocating more than 85% of your computer’s memory to Photoshop. Doing so may affect performance by leaving no memory for other essential system applications. If you experience out-of-RAM or out-of-memory errors in Photoshop, try increasing the amount of RAM allocated to Photoshop.
This begs the query “How do I increase RAM usage in Photoshop?”
Increase the RAM allocated to Photoshop by changing the value in the Let Photoshop Use box. Alternatively, adjust the Memory Usage slider. Restart Photoshop to enable your changes. To find the ideal RAM allocation for your system, change it in 5% increments and monitor performance in the Efficiency indicator.
Do you need a graphics card to run Photoshop?
You don’t need a dedicated Graphics card to run Photoshop as long as you have more than 2GHz of processing power and more than 4GB of RAM. For instance, you can run Photoshop on a core i3 processor, with an Intel HD 3110M GPU and 6GB of RAM.
When we were researching we ran into the question “What processor do I need to run Adobe Photoshop?”.
Some sources claimed adobe recommends a processor that is 2.0 GHz or faster, with 64-bit support and SSE 4.2 or later. You can use Photoshop on a system with less than the recommended processor if it has more than 4GB of RAM and an Intel HD Graphics card (4000 and older) running on windows 10.