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Strutter79 In reply to WickedPrince [2011-03-15 19:03:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Strutter79 In reply to Rossum [2011-03-11 19:09:05 +0000 UTC]

Good to know it's not just me then.

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Rossum In reply to Strutter79 [2011-03-12 01:28:53 +0000 UTC]

The fun is stripping out whatever the computer hates...

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Strutter79 In reply to Rossum [2011-03-12 10:08:50 +0000 UTC]

I tired everything, lowering texture resolutions, starting a fresh, using the characters in another scene (which worked), in the end I gave up and admitted defeat.

But I will return!

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masteroffannihall In reply to Strutter79 [2014-06-14 06:21:58 +0000 UTC]

Did your computer have a separate video card or was it built into the motherboard? (I take it you may not have that computer anymore.)

The 8GB of memory (RAM) you were talking about here is system memory, not video memory.

If a computer is built (like a Dell, Hewlett Packard, Lenovo, etc. or any other off the shelf) without a separate video card, the system memory is shared. This means that you have system memory available for software use.

If you are in the market for a new computer make sure that it either has a separate video card or that there is a "slot" to add one.

If you are just looking to upgrade the one you have, first find if you can add a video card and what type of add-in "slots" are in this computer. Your computer, if it has 8GB of RAM, means you probably are not using Windows XP Pro. If you are using Windows XP, with 8GB of RAM, it should be a 64-bit platform. This means that you have a 64-bit CPU, motherboard and Windows XP 64.

If your computer is running Windows 7 or 8, make sure that it is a 64-bit platform. A 64-bit platform can, depending on the motherboard, access up to 192GB of RAM. Some motherboards only allow up 32GB of RAM, this should be more than enough to do what you are doing with these renderings. Most likely you aren't going to install than much RAM. Therefore, find out if you have a "slot" called "PCI Express-16". If you do, then there are video cards that have over 4GB of Video RAM on them.

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Strutter79 In reply to masteroffannihall [2014-06-14 11:39:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the info, fortunately I do have a new machine now so don't have any more issues. I think there was something corrupt with that file as I've had a lot more demanding scenes that were able to render. The old machine was a Mac which was running 64bit, my new machine is a PC, which is also 64bit as I need as much RAM and processing power for mainline of work. you can never have a too powerful machine!

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Strutter79 In reply to narcos37 [2011-03-11 19:39:51 +0000 UTC]

Cheers, glad you like it.

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