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# 16 26-05-2009 , 10:22 PM

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Its a laptop when from when 512mb was actually quite good (for a laptop, and not to shabby for a cheaper desktop)
Thanks for all your help guys
I tried what you said Jay and when I hit calculate I still got the same error message but the render worked user added image

When I start to do bigger scenes, with this in it, alien ships, a landscape etc ill definitely the other methods
I dont know what Id do without you all
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# 17 26-05-2009 , 10:24 PM

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Yeah that isn't a lot of RAM at all, you're running an OS, running Maya then rendering with Mental Ray, sooner or later something is going to crash.

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Also, you should look into command line rendering.

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# 18 27-05-2009 , 09:23 AM

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(weird, this post didnt flag up as new)
yeah I know, I really should think about getting a new pc
TBH my RAMS not really the bottleneck, its the processor

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