POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Caustic Problems : Re: Caustic Problems Server Time
20 Nov 2024 00:27:27 EST (-0500)
  Re: Caustic Problems  
From: Bob H 
Date: 22 Oct 2001 11:04:45
Message: <3bd4358d@news.povray.org>
"Anthony D. Baye" <ban### [at] rapidnetcom> wrote in message
news:3BD3B0CF.6484B72E@rapidnet.com...
>     I'm running 3.5 beta 6 on a mac G4 400 Mhz w/ 64 Megabytes of Ram (120
with
> Virtual memory on).  POV's memory requirements are set to 85000k.  I'm
> wondering if pov is becoming unstable in the middle of the rrender because
of
> low memory cvonditions and just freezes the computer trying to generate an
> alert.

Been known to happen, yes.  I had to Ctrl Alt Delete many times in the past,
but since having 256MB and now 512MB it is a rare occurance anymore that I
need to prevent memory cleanup due to intense virtual memory usage.

Bob H.


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