Taking a machine to its limits

[minoli_cg]

We sometimes have to work with and render some pretty heavy models (500mb+ see attached) but they sometimes crash our machines when rendering (c++ runtime error of some sort) the thing is we have some pretty beefy computers that should be able to handle all that data:

Windows xp pro 64
8 gigs of ram
2.66 lintel xeon X5355 quad core
Nvidia Quadro FX 5500 1 gig of ram with 6.14.11.6250 drivers
rhino 4 with latest SR

Has anybody else run into this problem?
Whats the limiting factor of the machine and what would help its performance? another quad core? 8 more gigs of ram? or is V-Ray simply not designed to handle that much data?

[Micha_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=c...18510#msg18510

http://asgvis.com/index.php?option=c...0&topic=3780.0

[minoli_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

So even though i have 8 gigs of ram, rhino / vray can only use 3.6 gigs? :'(

[Micha_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

Right, only Rhino 64bit or an independent 64bit Vray.exe could help here.
For now you can only try to use all posted tricks.

Nice image.

[minoli_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

good call on turning it into meshes, that worked! your tool worked like a charm!

[dalomar_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

Yea, bug McNeel for a 64 bit version...They say its coming for V5, so hopefully that holds true. If they go 64 bit then we'll be along for the ride

[Micha_cg]

Re: Taking a machine to its limits

good call on turning it into meshes, that worked! your tool worked like a charm!