QUOTE(Michael5978 @ 03/18/09, 12:06 AM) [snapback]303252[/snapback]
That's where I'm stuck for now, but maybe someone else will be able to figure it out. My next ideas involve seeing if I can get Maya to do two renders of a scene and just stick it side by sid
All the intel range graphics cards are pure shit whan it comes to using a 3d authoring app, throw them a away asap. Nothing good will come out fo you trying. I mean even autodesk will piss all your fixes over in heartbeat because they dont expect you to use a 2d card for use with maya.
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Can anyone think of a better way to do it or work around the issue?
Well the thing is your running out of mappable memory sure going 16 bit helps becuse now a plate uses less memory (exactly half less by the way) but on the grand scale of things it doesn't help much. You could turn your entire windows to 16 bit color that might help free memory as would disabling windows from accelerateing widows at 3d. Also tthen try dropping to 8 bit color. Or reducing the resolution should also help.
Not that this make sense for any graphics work. But really once you run out fo memory you run out of memory. Its a PHYSICAL limitation fo the card has nothing to do with drivers.
If you have a 1 meter by one meter by one meter slab of rock you need one cubic meter of space to get it to fit if you just have a 1/2 than you will see half the things.
But seriously guys, each day you spend working with hardware that is crap, and that costs LESS than what ONE days worth of doing work with maya is just saving money in the wrong end. I mean it takes a avareage 3d studio ariound 2-3 days of work to pay off a quadro fx 3700, sure its money out of your profit, but it is the tool thats MAKING your profit. Hell they are paying the cost of the gfx card out just in salaries to you in less than a week. Hell even cheapest maya costs 20 times more than the card is worth, so what kind of investment protection is that. So if im brutally honest than all problems you get with theese cards is something you deserve.
Its like buying a expensive sports car only to not have the money to buy gasoline for it, so it stand sthere one the yeard costing you money each day for the fun of owining a car you cant use for anything except look at.