Norbert Kern wrote:
> I own a 3.2 GHz XP System with 2 GB DDR memory.
> Scenes which used about 1.5 GB peak memory rendered about 3 - 4 times faster
> as with 1 GB RAM only.
> At least this is true with the scenes I used so far.
> Since this is my "render only" machine, perhaps I can help you.
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> Norbert Kern
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> "armigus" <nomail@nomail> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:web.41ef3b1676ade699d79c07b0@news.povray.org...
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>>I seems that I have created an image that my computer cannot render.  It
>>requires more memory than my computer can address, even with a swap file.
>>This is the second time this has happened--my computer croaked on my
>>October 2001 entry and I still cannot render it.  I have a Barton 3200 XP
>>with 1 GB DDR running under Win2K Pro SP4.
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>>Is there any resource that can be made available to the competition for
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> the
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>>purposes of creating images like these?
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My peak Ram usage -- on a toned down image -- was 2.4 GB.  I was hoping the 
contest organizers would make their 8 GB prize machine available for renders, 
perhaps foolishly ;}


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