Ornatrix 3dsmax: RAM :-)

Hi, I am currently working with Ornatrix on a i7 Pc with 16 Gb of RAM. Ornatrix works well but when it comes to high resolution close fur renders, everything slows down, from mouse to windows refresh... In some occasions, the "unloading geometry" or "buiding light cache" tasks seem to work forever... I am planning to buy another 16 Gb of RAM. My question is: will I notice improvements? Does the equation "more RAM = better permormace" work with Ornatrix? Thanks! Marco
17 August 2015 #6404
EPHERE	Hi Marco, It appears from your descriptions that the slow-downs are caused while caching things in V-Ray as well as freeing up memory. The symptoms you describe do match those of memory paging on hard-drive, though it is hard to tell. It also looks like it isn't the hair-generating but somethng in V-Ray which is causing problems. In short, I can't really tell if 32GB ram will really improve the situation but it will definitely not hurt :) Generally RAM limitation is the first bottleneck when it comes to procedurally generated geometry like hair. Marsel Khadiyev (Software Developer, EPHERE Inc.)

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Data created:	17 August 2015