Photoshop problem?

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I'm using G41 motherboard and Dual core 2 with 2GB DDR2. I have 32 bit Win 7 installed. No dedicated graphics card.
There are 2 problems. One, Google Chrome crashes sometimes when opening or closing tabs especially. Two, I'm using Photoshop CC 2015 and many a times I get warning of unavailability of RAM and I have to restart PS. Besides, Closing PS in a direct way is impossible for me when an image is opened there. It just crashes instead of closing.
Are these problems interconnected? Are these because of low RAM and no graphics card? If yes, then what is the minimal upgrade I should attain? Will another 2GB RAM with 2GB DDR3 graphics solve the problems?
**BTW, the old PS 7 worked perfectly.

amybeader · Answer

Your machine is vastly underpowered for running Photoshop. Photoshop is a RAM hog. You should have at least 4GB, in fact 8GB of RAM is really the minimum to run the latest versions of Photoshop. The Dual core 2 is also insufficient. You really should have at least an i3 processor (an i5 is better, and of course an i7 is what's really desirable.) The old PS7 is horribly out of date and had much lower demand on RAM. I currently use CS5, with 8 gigs of RAM on an iMac with an i7 processor. Sometimes I have to wait while Photoshop processes something (for example, running a filter on a large image), so I know that I could use more RAM. In your case, you might want to just consider a new computer.

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Definitely add more system RAM, or consider upgrading to a new system. The older dual-core CPUs can still hold their own for basic office programs and browsing, but you'll appreciate having at an Intel i5/i7 or any of the AMD quad-core offerings.

On integrated video cards, video RAM is taken from system RAM, leaving the system with less. The only way to truly add video RAM is to buy a dedicated graphics card. Only 512 MB is needed, but you're free to choose a card with more if you have the budget.

Until you get better hardware, I recommend not running more than one program at once. This will put strain on  your hard drive, which is being used to supplement your lack of RAM.

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