Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:46 am
Hi, UserNoah. Thanks for the feedback.
Yep, I did a 1/2 res test, and monitored the RAM usage. At first, I was surprised (it was at 15%), and then, I was a bit puzzled (it steadily went up, slowly... clearly as the result of each new frame).
At first, I was wondering why it would store anything after the frame was rendered, figuring it would flush the RAM, and move on to the next frame. Soon after, I realized it was (as you say) storing the frames in a cache (...I can see why it would do that as you scrub or play, so that eventually all the frames get cached, and it would play smooth)... but I was confused why it would do that during a render.
But, looking at the Preferences, I could see you could not only control the RAM use, but Fusion seems like it would adjust things and not let the RAM run out.... so, that's good. Even before that, it seemed like I would still be able to (say) render half of the project, then the other, in order not to hit the RAM ceiling (...I'm doing sequential frames). But, it looks like it would prevent it anyway. So, awesome...
Ya, after all that, it seems that a 4k render wouldn't really push the RAM usage up from the 40% I was seeing with the 1/3rd size. So, that's also awesome.
I'm contacting the local reseller here, and probably going to order it.
They boost the price here in Canada. The Fusion page says it's $295 US, yet in Canada, they are charging $415 CAN....which is a fair bit more than the exchange rate equivelant. But, I guess they have to make their money somehow... and it sure beats spending $10k on Nuke. So, there's that.
This may actually work, without me having to get a new system... although I will be, if only later this year. At least this gives me the opportunity to try it on my machine, which I appreciate.
Good group here on this forum. Thanks for your help, guys.