[QUOTE=Xyzzy;562849]We rendered the "[URL="https://download.blender.org/demo/test/BMW27_2.blend.zip"]BMW[/URL]" [URL="https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/"]demo file[/URL] in Blender last night. We didn't know what to expect, but our 3950X system could render that scene in less than a minute.

The time? [SPOILER]5 hours, 44 minutes and 21.22 seconds![/SPOILER]

:rofl:[/QUOTE]The time with 64-bit Linux? [SPOILER]1 hour, 7 minutes and 19.48 seconds![/SPOILER]

:mike:

[QUOTE=retina;562611]I use 0kB swap files. I find I never need to swap. I think it is a "solution" looking for a problem when the system has plenty of RAM.[/QUOTE]You nailed it. :tu:

What about the case when "plenty of RAM" is not economically viable?

I try very hard not to run out of RAM in anything I do.

[QUOTE=xilman;565373]What about the case when "plenty of RAM" is not economically viable?[/QUOTE]Stop using those ridiculous RAM hogging browsers. There, I just doubled everyone's available RAM.

If that isn't enough then you get what you pay for. Using HDD/SSD is a terrible substitute for RAM. Sit back and enjoy your hot beverage while you wait for each keypress to be processed.

[QUOTE=retina;565382]...There, I just doubled everyone's available RAM.[/QUOTE]

How much RAM do you have?

[QUOTE=Viliam Furik;565426]How much RAM do you have?[/QUOTE]Plenty.

:razz:

We have an [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgjk3DsN7c"]angry RAM with a RAM CAM[/URL].
(well, not anymore, in fact, he died some time ago, rest in peace, but I could not stop myself, after retina's reply)

[QUOTE=retina;565429]Plenty.[/QUOTE]Ewe have plenty of rams on the island that your evil lair is on?

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;565514]Ewe have plenty of rams on the island that your evil lair is on?[/QUOTE]Aha, I see you are trying to surreptitiously discover if My Evil Lair is on an island!

It might not be "on" anything. It could be "under". Or "over". Or "inside". [color=white]Or "virtual".[/color]

Anyhow, I'm getting plenty of ram ... um, I meant to say, I've got plenty enough RAM to not need a performance killing swap space. Obviously the amount needed varies with which programs are run. But a good first step is to kill that popular browser and use something much lighter.

Back in the day, there was a text-based web browser called lynx. Back then, it was the transmission rate of a dialup modem, rather than the amount of RAM in the computer, that made lynx seem so much faster than any graphics-based browser. Besides -- even when my ISP was down, I could dial up my public library's online card catalog, go from there to a university library's card catalog, and there gain access to the lynx browser. I could then check on what was wrong at my ISP, and go to any web site whose address I could type in or navigate to. That sucker left graphics-based browsers in the dust.

As to resource-hoggong software, I defer to the late Arthur C. Clarke:

[url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-03-21-9703210169-story.html]CLARKE LAUNCHES `3001: FINAL ODYSSEY'[/url]
[quote]Clark's voice and image, at 4 to 5 images a second, joined a panel discussion at the University of Illinois' Cyberfest '97 in Urbana, HAL's "birthplace." At the conference, Clarke chose his preference for HAL's first words: "Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive."[/quote]

[QUOTE=Dr Sardonicus;565554]Back in the day, there was a text-based web browser called lynx. Back then, it was the transmission rate of a dialup modem, rather than the amount of RAM in the computer, that made lynx seem so much faster than any graphics-based browser. Besides -- even when my ISP was down, I could dial up my public library's online card catalog, go from there to a university library's card catalog, and there gain access to the lynx browser. I could then check on what was wrong at my ISP, and go to any web site whose address I could type in or navigate to. That sucker left graphics-based browsers in the dust.[/QUOTE]

I prefer links2 for its more advanced HTML rendering.