How to use maximum ram for the rendering

[sanmb]

Hi all,

I am working on,

Workstation

xeon W3520,2.67Ghz,6 GB Ram,64 bit win 7

 

3d studio max 2009

 

How can I use maximum ram for the rendering?

It shows 2.33 GB maximum where as 6 GB is available.

[Nic H]

put more objects in your scene, more lights, more displacement, bigger render size, bigger textures, more channels

[sanmb]

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

I think this is the forum for ...........

[datacrasher]

sanjay.

first question is what are you modeling? i would not maximum out the render because this could crash your computer unless you have have a lot more memory in it....

 

If you do want to max out the render then i would turn on the GI's FG set them too high, add some animation to your scene, More models and lights but not too many because this could over-expose and the render would look rubbish. also attach an image.

[maciejwypych]

precise question = precise answer

 

If you render 1 box with simple material and 1 light on a workstation with 10000000GB ram, Max will use only 1GB or even less. If the scene will have billions of polygons and gigabytes of textures it will use proportionally more ram.

 

The memory management is not perfect but you can't ask for it to use more than it needs....