RAM recommendation for Metashape 1.6

[gto234]

Hi guys,
now that the Metashape is out-of-core how much RAM is recommended?
32GB DDR4 RAM is enough for projects up to 2K (20mpx) photos to process arbitary 3d model from depth maps in High quality?
I am looking for a new pc and don't know if by adding 64GB RAM makes sense.
Thanks in advance.

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello gto234,

The mesh generation would not require more than 16 GB RAM. However, to be on a safe side for other processing stages, I would suggest to have 32 GB.

[gto234]

Thanks Alexey,
also on CPU would you recommend i9-9900K over i7-9700K?

[wojtek]

Hello gto234,

The mesh generation would not require more than 16 GB RAM. However, to be on a safe side for other processing stages, I would suggest to have 32 GB.

Hey, I asked this question a while back but did not get an answer.

Are there any plans for optimizing memory usage for point cloud generation? Or is this workflow being phased out?

[Alexey Pasumansky]

Hello wojtek,

We have in plans the optimization of the dense cloud memory utilization. Currently it mainly depend on the overlap ratio (number of neighbors used) - so if the overlap is excessive, the RAM comsupmtion will be quite high, even with the fine-level task subdivision.