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29 Apr 2024 23:25:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POVRAY memory usage  
From: Alain
Date: 18 Oct 2017 17:07:12
Message: <59e7c280@news.povray.org>
Le 17-10-18 à 00:33, Max a écrit :
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> "Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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 seems povray crashes if the memory use gets larger than physical and virtual
> ram.
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> 

It's not a hard crash, it's a fatal error condition that forces POV-Ray 
to abort it's current operation.


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