POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Rendering limitations? : Re: Rendering limitations? Server Time
3 Jul 2024 00:23:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rendering limitations?  
From: Steve Shelby
Date: 5 Feb 2002 08:07:10
Message: <3c5fd8fe@news.povray.org>
Lutz,
Thank you. I just ordered another 128 mg DRAM for my computer, only $43(US)!
I also figured out a a way to reduce the number of csg's in my mdl by about
60%.
Steve

Lutz Kretzschmar <lut### [at] stmuccom> wrote in message
news:8k9u5ugfp7abg0hhlf1pqc12agq0m0lbn2@4ax.com...
> Hi Steve Shelby, you recently wrote in moray.win:
>
> > Hello,
> > Are there limitations on the size of a file that Moray or Povray
> > can handle, or is it limited only by the power of the computer?
> Well, memory is the most limiting factor. If you only have 128MB, then
> you might want to exit Moray when rendering. Use the Task Manager to
> check how much memory Moray is using (assuming you're on NT or 2K, I
> don't know how to check this under 95/98).
>
> If Moray is running, it's keeping memory from POV-Ray and vice versa.
> It might not matter if you don't continue to work in moray, since
> Windows might swap Moray out to disk....
>
> More RAM would definitely help. To find out why POV-Ray is hanging,
> try exiting Moray and loading the INI file that Moray generated and
> rendering that.
>
> - Lutz
>   email : lut### [at] stmuccom
>   Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray


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