estherau opened this issue on Sep 25, 2010 · 298 posts
Schecterman posted Mon, 25 October 2010 at 11:58 PM
Quote - Speaking of 64-bit rendering, I don't see much benefit unless you are using IBL or a heavy0duty scene in high resolution. For regular medium-res renders without IBL, I haven't seen a speed bump over P8.
Well that's not Poser, that's just the nature of 64 bit. As I understand it, there is no benefit that 64 bit offers over 32 bit when it comes to normal program operation. The benefit comes when the RAM usage exceeds that which 32 bit can deal with.
So it stands to reason that in a small-to-medium sized scene there will be no speed increase in rendering. It's only once you exceed the RAM limitations of 32 bit that 64 bit increases speed, since Poser (or any app) won't have to use the page file and can use the much faster RAM.
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