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| Posted by Keet at Apr 16, 2022, 2:37:21 PM |
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Re: Increase memory Thank you Emmanuel. I'm on Linux and currently have 64GB of memory (soon to be 128) so 32GB is a realistic possibility. For your information: I can see in the Linux system monitor that SH3D never uses over 2 GB while I have set the -xmx parameter to 3g. No matter how many heavy projects I open and manipulate, the max memory usage remains 2GB. It's only when rendering a photo of a large estate on a 200mx200m terrain that the memory usage goes over the 2GB limit to 2.4. The thing is, after closing all but one project, including the one I used for the photo rendering, the used memory remains at 2.4GB where I would have expected it to decrease again. For example Firefox does free up memory when you close tabs or a second instance, SH3D and/or Java apparently don't. What I can determine is that the processor is more important for better performance, probably because of the heavy calculations involved. That is, as long as there's enough memory so that doesn't cause a bottle neck. Very soon I can start on my new machine with a Ryzen-7-Pro-5750G compared to my current Intel Core Haswell processor. That should make a difference. An idea that could help a lot of users with performance problems: have a switch to temporarily suppress 3DView updates while drawing in the 2D plan. When I have the 3DView completely hidden because I'm in the 2D plan the 3DView still requires system resources while I don't need it at that moment. I read about the way to only have a 2D SH3D version but that totally eliminates any 3DView. How much does a graphics card help in the overall performance? One with faster or more memory? ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
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