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1. how to limit MR to 3 cores?

   

   Topic by IronHawk · Jul 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   I've been looking through the max help files and online but still haven't found where the switch is to limit MR rendering to using only a certain number of CPU's. I like the speed of using all 4 but it's hard to get anything else done.

2. Re: how to limit MR to 3 cores?

   

   Reply by EarthQuake · Jul 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   I generally just tend to set the app to "Low priority" when baking ao maps or whatever, so i can continue to work without the system dieing.

3. Re: how to limit MR to 3 cores?

   

   Reply by Jonathan · Jul 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   Also consider this program. I use it for older games and programs that go crazy with multi-core CPUs. http://www.majorgeeks.com/WinLauncherXP_d870.html You launch a program from this little tool, and have the options already set for which cores to use. :D

4. Re: how to limit MR to 3 cores?

   

   Reply by IronHawk · Jul 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   hah.. didn't even think of doing it that way. makes sense. Was looking for a solution in max.

5. Re: how to limit MR to 3 cores?

   

   Reply by edwardE · Jul 2008 · Home› Technical Talk

   If you're using Windows, you can do Ctrl+Alt+Delete, go to task mananger processes, find the rendering process, right-click it and go to "Set affinity" - uncheck the CPUs you don't want it to use. If you're doing that to free up resources so you can still use your computer, I'd recommend instead of doing that to Set…