Installation guide

Extending Your Usable Address Space and Adding RAM for Improved Performance (Windows)
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allows applications access to a larger virtual address space than was previously available.
Avid provides a utility for setting the boot-time mechanism to extend the process address
space.
For Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista 64-bit operating systems, applications are
allocated an address space well beyond the 2-gigabyte limit allocated by the 32-bit operating
systems. No utility is needed to tell the 64-bit operating systems to allocate additional
memory for the applications.
Setting your Avid editing system to access a larger virtual address space might improve
working with HD projects without running out of memory. Even though you might gain
more memory space, this can be quickly consumed with bins and complex HD effects. For
best performance, if you choose to extend your address space beyond 2 gigabytes, you
should install an additional 1 or 2 GB of RAM.
Using Install3GB.exe to Extend Your Usable Address Space
It is not necessary to run this executable on Windows Vista 64 systems. Perform this
procedure on Windows Vista 32 systems or Windows XP systems.
To extend the application address space:
1. Double click the Install3GB.exe file in the Utilities\3G folder where the Avid
application is installed.
A window opens. You must have administrative privileges to run this utility.
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The hardware and software configuration you are running, for example, Nitris DX, Nitris,
Mojo, Mojo DX, or Adrenaline, determines the amount of memory you should allocate for
the application address space.
2. Type the amount of memory you want to allocate for the application space at the
prompt. The recommended settings are:
- 2700 for Mojo and Adrenaline
- 2700 for Mojo DX and Nitris DX
- 2500 for Symphony Nitris Classic
- 2700 for Software Only systems
Install3GB updates the current configuration you are running. It does not create another
one.
After pressing any key the window closes and you will need to reboot the computer.