Am 17.10.2017 um 21:27 schrieb Kenneth:
> "Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>> "Max" <max### [at] intelcom> wrote:
>>
>>> Would povray be able to do more if memory were along the lines of 32GB
>> or larger for the average user?
>>
>> YES.
> 
> A naive question: Does POV-Ray actually choke on a larger-than-RAM-memory scene?
> I thought disc-swapping would take over (slower of course, but with no outright
> crash.)

It won't crash, but it will choke nonetheless, in that it will enter
swap hell. And on some operating systems, it will drag the whole OS with it.

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