Slashdolt wrote:
> Sorry if I'm starting to sound argumentative, but if you set the Render
> priority to "Lowest", you should be able to play just about any game that
> you want.  The worst that should happen is some initial swapping of RAM to
> HD, or vice-versa.

The game I'm talking about is Terminus, a space sim...which, although I
can play it while running a render, I certainly won't attempt to be
around when the Corsairs are flying...of course, it doesn't matter if
I'm running a render or not, I'll avoid those bastards...Newtonian
physics is a harsh mistress, and their simulated reflexes are ungodly.

My only concern is that I tried playing Thief 2, it gagged and I had
to reboot the computer, and was unable to resume my render I'd been
doing...I don't want that to happen on a week+ render.

> I burned 2 CD's last weekend while my render was going, but I did pause the
> render first.  I'm not sure what you mean about it not being practical.

Hmm...I COULD pause the render, I suppose, but...really my CD burning
can wait a few days for my render to finish ;)

> My render has been running for about 7 days now, and only about 1/3 of the
> picture is done. :-/

ick

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