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Capture NX 2.2.0 without cache files runs well for me on Windows XP

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I was having problems with Capture NX 2.2.0 giving out-of-memory error messages and hanging up. After reading several threads, I changed the preferences to eliminate the cache files. Now the program runs very well on my Windows XP computer with 2GB of memory.
 
Having your cache files and your folder for temporary data on separate physical disks will give you a stabile (and in all cases I tested it) a fast enough working version.
With that you can have your cache size as large as possible :-)

Michel
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John Spicer Jr said:
I was having problems with Capture NX 2.2.0 giving out-of-memory
error messages and hanging up. After reading several threads, I
changed the preferences to eliminate the cache files. Now the
program runs very well on my Windows XP computer with 2GB of memory.
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post above spells out the second hard drive being a huge help for all nikon software ;) allowing one to put cache and temp folder on separate drive.

also 2 gbs of memory is about minumum for nx2 IMO
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chevysales said:
also 2 gbs of memory is about minumum for nx2 IMO
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By the way: a local store here offers 4Gbyte of good quality for 44 Euro.
So why not fill up the 3.x Gbyte limit that Windows32 can handle?

NX 2 works (usually, even though not officially supported) with Win 64 (Vista and W7) and you can use a lot more RAM.
 
M Lammerse said:
Having your cache files and your folder for temporary data on
separate physical disks will give you a stabile (and in all cases I
tested it) a fast enough working version.
With that you can have your cache size as large as possible :-)

Michel
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~ Disclaimer: Posts written by me are my views, ideas and opinions only, and should not be taken as facts, unless stated otherwise. :-) ~
~ Light is eveything ~

http://www.fotopropaganda.com
http://www.pbase.com/photopropaganda
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Michel:

Is it possible to have them on an exterior HD, and could you share how to set the cache to be stored on a separate drive?

Thanks,

Ray
 
Rickard Hansson said:
Wrong.

64 bit system give sthe system more RAM, but NX can only handle 4 Gb
maximum anyways.

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May be my math is a bit shaky but I still think 4Giga is more than the mentioned 2Giga? And NX cannot use 4Gigabytes on a windows 32bit system so if it can do so using a 64 bit OS than this is more - right?

Besides you could run PS and import NEF's in ACR in parallel to NX2 if you got lots of RAM and then do pixel peeping and report on this forum which RAW converter is superior^^.

Normally I do no bit counting (reminds me of pixel peeping^^) but just to practice my math .-)

Do not take it too serious though.
 
JasonOdell said:
Just open up the preferences and select a folder on your second drive
for the cache files and the temporary files. One location is under
the "general" preferences, the other is under "Cache".

-Jason

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Author, 'The Photographer's Guide to Capture NX 2.0'
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Thank you Jason. Is this in your book? I have it, but apparently lazy enough to not look.

I changed the temp file to a separate drive and opened a couple of raw files and notice a significant difference in them opening and in some quick editing. Hope it maintains this speed when I have some real editing to do.

Does this effect batch processing? I do not need to do one for a couple of days and was just wondering.

I currently have the Image Cache unchecked. How does this effect performance? Is it better to assign a folder on a separate drive and cache the image files?

Ray
 
The cache files speed up the application when you load a previously saved image.

If you don't mind waiting a little extra when opening a previously edited NEF, then disabling the cache does not hurt anything.

The instructions for operating the NX cache are indeed in my eBook. :)

-Jason

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Author, 'The Photographer's Guide to Capture NX 2.0'
http://www.luminescentphoto.com/ebooks.html

Lead instructor for Capture NX Training workshops

Visit my website at: http://www.luminescentphoto.com
My Blog: http://blog.nikonians.org/nikonian_jason_odell
 
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