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xp64 on a mac
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:21 pm
by w i l l
I'm thinking that maybe xp64 (installed on a mac) is not rendering to its full capabilities - its slower for rendering than when i was using mac OS.
If i have 4 renders running at once the CPU usuage is at a maximum but the PF Usage graph stays low at 1.44 GB. Is there something wrong here - how can i optimise it?
This is a mac pro with 4 gig of ram.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:31 pm
by ivox3
New or old Mac Pro ..... ?
If it's an 8 core, ....are they all burning ?
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:38 pm
by w i l l
Its the quad core - they are all at max CPU usage in the task manager (4 graphs) but the PF Usage is low.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:32 pm
by ivox3
Well, ...that's kind of how you want it to be, ...meaning, ..it's using actual ram vs. the virtual memory -- of which I never understood anyway exactly why any paging file is being used when a scene doesn't require it ??
Even in Win 64/32 if I remove the paging file altogether, ...it still indicates that it's using one !
I'd love it if someone could take the mystery out of that one for me .....
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:42 pm
by w i l l
oooo k. How much memory should mxcl use? Mine shows about 300,000k (in processes).
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:00 pm
by ivox3
It's scene dependent .... and I have no real references for poly's / memory allocation .....
You just have to kind of pay attention to what mxcl.exe is doing with particular scenes to get a general feel.
Sorry Will .....that's the best I have on that one.