Memory upgrade

mikesand · Post by **mikesand** » Sat, May 05 2007, 10:26PM

Hello everyone,

I have a Dell M70 2.26 GigHz, Nvidia 1400 256K.

It came with 1 Gig of memory and it has worked well for all but the most extreme jobs. The price for a 2 Gig upgrade came down enough that I couldn't pass it up.

The results? I am plesantly suprised. Before on a large job with a lot of display objects panning and rotating the layout was choppy, with the most extreme jobs it was so bad I had to switch to \"wire frame while moving\", even then it was very slow. Adding the extra Gig of memory made it so that I can now keep it fully rendered and the panning/ rotating is only a little choppy. Renders and rebuilds are faster as well. It seems to be more stable as well. I could generally predict when a crash was going to occur.... like changing the material thickness on an entire job after making a lot of other changes in the same session. It now preforms those functions more reliably and faster.

It was worth it. So if you have a Gig it seems that adding another Gig will help.

Mike

Michael Yeargain · Post by **Michael Yeargain** » Sat, May 05 2007, 10:50PM

Mike,

When you say \"extreme jobs\" how big are the jobs and do you model the hardware too?

It's nice to read success stories. Thanks for your contribution.

Leo Graywacz · Post by **Leo Graywacz** » Sun, May 06 2007, 9:44AM

Yes, I too would like to know what you consider extreme. Please post a JPG or two of the job that you consider extreme. Thanks.