[ptx] computer hardware suggestions

[Tijmen]

On Sunday 21 August 2005 15:23, michael crane wrote:
> Bruno Postle wrote:
> > On Wed 17-Aug-2005 at 21:41 +0100, michael crane wrote:
> >>Any suggestions for a machine dedicated to this panoramic stuff ?
> >>Should it be linux ? windows or mac ?
> >>64 bit /
> >>smp ?
> >>which graphic card, does it matter.
> >>chipset ?
> >
> > For using hugin/nona/enblend:
> >
> > * 256MB RAM is simply unusable.  2GB RAM is much better and you can do a
> > lot.
>
> I
> Hi Thanks,
> Is there anyway to calculate what size ram is likely to be used by these
> programs.

No, as it entirely depends on your source images. I hae 512 GB of ram and I do 
not notice a lot of swapping when using autopano, hugin or enblend (I've 
limited enblend to 256M).

Tijmen