Generally, the more memory you add to your system the better it’ll perform assuming you have less memory than your application(s) can consume. Even if a particular program can’t access all of your memory, other processes likely can. The worst case is that performance remains the same and doesn’t improve; at least that was my assumption until I started reading some of the Painter X message boards.
It turns out that Corel Painter X will not run if more than 8 GB of memory is installed. With my new 1366 socket tri-channel memory motherboard this limits my system to 6GB of memory if I want to keep using Painter X and utilize tri-channel memory.
Corel has known about this problem since, at least, March 2008, but as of this writing (March 2010) a fix has not come about.
Actually, that isn’t entirely true; there is a fix. The solution is to buy the latest copy painter 11. It is for this reason that I don’t read the emails I get from Corel about “special limited time deals on Painter”. I simply hit the “delete”.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7809_102-0.html?threadID=285442
http://painterfactory.com/forums/p/1301/5465.aspx
http://painterfactory.com/forums/t/867.aspx
Update : I was contacted by a representative from Corel who confirmed that the bug in Painter X had not been resolved but offered to replace my copy of Painter X with Painter 11. I sent my mailing address on 4/7 and am awaiting my copy of Painter 11 to evaluate . I’ll update this post when the software makes it’s way to my mailbox. 4/24/2010
Update : My copy of Painter 11 has arrived! My relationship with Corel is wam and fuzzy again.5/5/2010
Update : I’ve decided not to do a review of Painter 11 as I feel that I cannot be objective. I am thrilled to have received a copy to make up for Painter X’s shortcomings, but it is because of this free copy that I feel a bias toward reviewing it favorably which would compromise my integrity, or perhaps I’m just too lazy to to a review….you pick the reason. 5/25/2010
