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31 Jul 2024 08:20:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Photon Map: Created at Lower Res than Scene?  
From: Ger
Date: 31 Jan 2008 02:12:09
Message: <47a174c9@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
>> "Sven Littkowski" <sven [] jamaica-focus [] com> wrote:
>>> You passed the crash borderline and are on unknown ground now.
>> 
>> Corageosly going where no other raytracer ever dared...
>> 
>>> That will
>>> become the mother of all photon map files!
>> 
>> ah, the 1 GB photon map!
> 
> Been there, done that, crashed my PC at 2Gb utilized by POV-Ray alone :)
> 
> Note to self: 3Gb in your system doesn't get around the fact that most
> XP programs are only able to address 2...
> 
Addendum to note: Having 8GB in your system doesn't prevent Povray from
still having to use the swap space.
-- 
Ger


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