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  Re: any ideas what these black patches are..  
From: s day
Date: 13 Mar 2008 14:45:00
Message: <web.47d983d6d387c8867bda08920@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> >> I forgot to add that the machine is only running XP 32 bit and 32 bit
> >> POV which
> >> is why I wondered if approaching the 2GB memory limit may be causing the
> >> problem.
> >
> > It definitely won't cause the problems on the image; but what a waste!
> > 8GB of RAM and you can only use 2GB of them? Get a 64-bit system :)
>
>   Yeah, what a waste. What's the point of even having 8 gigabytes when
> you can't use them?

It's not my machine (just a development PC where I work that is really under
utilised..). Currently it needs to be on 32 bit XP for comparisson to the live
environment. However, I am hoping I can change this to 64 bit XP soon.

And I can't wait for Pov 3.7 with 8 cores to use...

Sean


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