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Hi, I was just looking into upgrading my workstation and had a few questions.
The system I am looking at getting will have 8gb of ram and will be running
vista 64bit business edition. My question first is has anyone had issues with
POVRay 64bit on a configuration like this and second will POVRay be able to
take advantage of all 8gb of ram? ( or at least 7gb as I think windows takes
1gb for its self)
Thanks
-Steve
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slongay nous illumina en ce 2008-11-13 22:21 -->
> Hi, I was just looking into upgrading my workstation and had a few questions.
> The system I am looking at getting will have 8gb of ram and will be running
> vista 64bit business edition. My question first is has anyone had issues with
> POVRay 64bit on a configuration like this and second will POVRay be able to
> take advantage of all 8gb of ram? ( or at least 7gb as I think windows takes
> 1gb for its self)
>
> Thanks
> -Steve
>
>
There is a 64 bits version, so get it.
You can get it on the download page: http://www.povray.org/download/
It's the second one in the "Windows" section.
Under Windows Vista, you must install into a custom directory, NOT the default
one. POV-Ray need to update some of it's INI files and Vista don't allow it when
working in the programm files folder.
The 64 bits version will be able to take advantage of any amount of RAM that you
have, and can possibly add to your motherboard.
If you feel adventurous, you can get the beta version. This version can take
advantage of multicore and multiprocessors systems. You need to first install
the 3.6 version then the 3.7 beta in a DIFFERENT folder.
--
Alain
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Following the rules will not get the job done.
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Alain wrote:
> Under Windows Vista, you must install into a custom directory, NOT the
> default one. POV-Ray need to update some of it's INI files and Vista
> don't allow it when working in the programm files folder.
Is this still true? I thought this had been fixed in the latest betas at
least?
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New nous illumina en ce 2008-11-14 22:27 -->
> Alain wrote:
>> Under Windows Vista, you must install into a custom directory, NOT the
>> default one. POV-Ray need to update some of it's INI files and Vista
>> don't allow it when working in the programm files folder.
>
> Is this still true? I thought this had been fixed in the latest betas at
> least?
>
The beta will place the ini and user files in a personal user profile folder.
So, it fixed for the 3.7 betas.
If you are using the official release 3.6 version, it won't do that. So, you
need to install into a custom folder.
--
Alain
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear
arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Alain <ele### [at] netscape net> wrote:
> Darren New nous illumina en ce 2008-11-14 22:27 -->
> > Alain wrote:
> >> Under Windows Vista, you must install into a custom directory, NOT the
> >> default one. POV-Ray need to update some of it's INI files and Vista
> >> don't allow it when working in the programm files folder.
> >
> > Is this still true? I thought this had been fixed in the latest betas at
> > least?
> >
> The beta will place the ini and user files in a personal user profile folder.
> So, it fixed for the 3.7 betas.
>
> If you are using the official release 3.6 version, it won't do that. So, you
> need to install into a custom folder.
>
> --
> Alain
> -------------------------------------------------
> The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear
> arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in
> government.
> Thomas Jefferson
I haven't tried myself to verify, but with the 3.6 version, if you did install
to the default location, could you not run pov-ray by right-clicking the
executable and saying "run as administrator" and then the program would be able
to edit ini files on the programs folder?
I'm not suggesting that this is a good solution as 1) its annoying to have to
always do that, and 2) you shouldn't want to ever have to elevate a program to
administrator rights.
But may work. Just my thought. :-)
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