POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Computer locked up : Re: Computer locked up Server Time
14 May 2024 15:35:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Computer locked up  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 13 Aug 2015 03:25:28
Message: <55cc4668$1@news.povray.org>
On 8/13/2015 2:42 AM, scott wrote:
> So it should probably give an option of a maximum amount of memory to
> ask the OS for? I have similar issues with simulation tools on my
> windows box, but they (the apps) all give an option to limit the total
> amount of RAM used. If you set it just under the amount of physical RAM
> then at least you get an error before things go very screwy.
>

It might be nice to be able to set an upper limit on how much memory 
POV-Ray is allowed to use and then fail gracefully when this limit is 
reached.


> The problem is when you have a scene (or simulation in my case) where
> you've done something that unexpectedly asks for a huge amount of RAM
> (eg typo in a loop or something). Before you have chance to realise it,
> your machine has effectively locked up.
>
> Does anyone actualy render anything that takes more RAM than they have
> physically? Wouldn't it take a lifetime to render?
>

The Lego town I am working on takes a lot of RAM when you turn the 
little top studs on.


Mike


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