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  Re: SMP positive response with minor problem animating PNG files CRASH  
From: Andycadd
Date: 12 Oct 2006 00:40:00
Message: <web.452dc716b2dd5d75fedbe4b90@news.povray.org>
Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> Andycadd wrote:
> > Is there an option to not keep a full copy in memory (freeing up that 320MB
> > mentioned above) with or without a running display ?  I know this would be a
> > speed hit but Rambus memory ain't cheap.  Or maybe just keep the previous
> > row in memory and flush the extra?
>
> Ben Chambers wrote:
> > If it's really a problem with memory addressing, as you seem to be
> > suggesting, perhaps a more suitable error message could be introduced?
>
> As I said before: "disk buffering has not been implemented yet."  So this
> issue will go away really "soon"...
>
>  Thorsten

Sorry bout that I misread to be clear I love the SMP features makes my Dual
2.4 Xeons useful again.  I also own an older Quad Xeon w/1MBcache EA proc
does the SMP feature use all 4 procs?  They are only 550Mhz ea but big
cache size could help. should I put it back together?


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