Photoshop CS5 consumes a lot of RAM

Hi,
While using Adobe Photoshop CS5, I am suffering of RAM loss, it consumes around 2.5 GB of my RAM, while Adobe Illustrator CS5 consumes around 500 MB of RAM.
Is this normal or I have to do something to minimize memory usage with Photoshop?

By default, Photoshop uses 70% of available RAM. The more RAM available to Photoshop, the faster Photoshop can process image information.
You can adjust here:
Choose Photoshop > Preferences > Performance...adjust in 5% increments...restart Photoshop after each change.
You really should Max out your computer, if you want the best performance, before messing with Photoshop.

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