topic Re: laptop is frozen while rendering in 3ds Max Forum

laptop is frozen while rendering

lvlada2012 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:21:33 GMT

When I start rendering the computer stops working till the render is over and I can't even push the button "stop". Though I have Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz[Cores 6] [Logical/Core 2]. Where can be the problem?

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

Intuos5 — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:50:38 GMT

In the render setup menu, there is an option to set the amount of cores to use for rendering. If you allow for one core to be unused, that should resolve your problem. So in your case, set 5 cores for rendering.

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

lvlada2012 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 15:30:49 GMT

Couldn’t find this option. Can I find it in another place?

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

Intuos5 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:41:06 GMT

It depends on the renderer, for Arnold, go to the systems tab in the render setup dialogue (F10), uncheck autodetect Threads and manually input the desired number.

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

lvlada2012 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:28:07 GMT

It seems like there is no possibility to do it if renderer is v ray

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

Intuos5 — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 20:15:17 GMT

For Vray Next GPU I know you can set GPU priority, there may or may not be a CPU option for the non-gpu counterpart.

Re: laptop is frozen while rendering

darawork — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:39:06 GMT

You can also restrict the amount of cores used via TaskManager:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/rendering-stops/m-p/8404510/highlight/true#M32847