POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: How do I use most of my RAM for tracing?: Re: How do I use most of my RAM for tracing?

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From: Mike Williams
Date: 28 Apr 2002 15:20:38
Message: <v2FggAAejEz8Ew2r@econym.demon.co.uk>

Wasn't it Tim Nikias who wrote:
>No no! I meant I have 512 MB RAM, and sometimes it
>seems that the disk is swapping although peak level
>is somewhat lower (I know that windows etc need
>RAM too, but I feel like there's some RAM unused
>while swapping).

I've heard that Windows can sometimes be a little reluctant to release
some of the memory it has grabbed for caching files. There are some
freeware programs that can be used to persuade it to release the file
cache when the memory is needed by other programs.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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