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Advice on RIP computer – RAM upgrade or full replacement?
Hello Guys,
Hope all is well !
Can someone advise me what would the minimum amount of RAM i should be running in my rip computer.I’m running Mimaki jv3 130sl wide format printer. The rip is photoprint 5 .
I’m having some issues with riping large 2-3 meters prints ,taking its time and also fading out on the print over the last 10 %.No blocks or inks are full.
The computer is pretty old, P4 Intel Pentium 541 with hyper thread 3.2ghz
1MB L2 CACHE, 800FSB,512MB (400MHZ DDR SD RAM CHIP)Is it time to upgrade and if so what do you recommend i should consider ?
Upgrading ram ? or new machine? if so what spec would be best suited>
Appreciate your feedback,
Cheers,
PJ
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3 Replies
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Running a RIP with 512MB of memory? you should have 2GB inside that to make it work correctly…. hard disk swapping will be massive i bet and very hard to get anything done quickly.
No idea about Photoprint rips, but check with them about multiprocessor support, then decide for a replacement PC and if multicore processors will benefit you.
Speed normally comes down to processor design and the speed they operate at.
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Hi PJ
A new system could cost you £500 plus,, 4Gb of ram should only cost you £60I’m running an older system than that with Roland’s Versaworks and cut choice and Flexisign8 with No problems, However i do have a high end Graphics card and 4 Gbs of DDR memory. And 3 1Tb h/ds
Sounds like your system could maybe just do with an upgrade,
As memory is so cheap now I would maybe consider trying a memory upgrade first, Depending what your operating system is IE xp 2 GB should do it,
if your running vista or win7 32bt Then you could try 4GB although Vista and Win7 wont use the 4GB it should use about 3 and a bit,Win7 64bt you can load up with as much ram as you like, But is gets a bit redundant after 4 GB, Unless you know how to set it up properly.
Make sure that if you do upgrade that the ram matches,Here’s the trick Have nothing!
I mean nothing else on your system,Have only your operating system and your vinyl/ print software,
In-fact as I run windows I go into win programs and pretty much uninstall anything that i don’t need including the games and a lot of redundant windows add-ons crap Ray:)
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Thanks Guys for the feedback!
Working on cleaning up the drives and then review cost for upgrading memory.
If performance doesn’t improve then a full machine upgrade looks positive.As per usual appreciate the feedback.
Cheers,
PJ
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