Rainer Mager wrote:
> 
>     I downloaded the MSDOS version and ran it on the same scene as before.
> This was in a DOS box within NT. I found that the animation was rendered
> about 125% faster in the MSDOS version (44 seconds vs 99 seconds). I also
> rendered a single large image and it was about 21% faster (57 seconds vs 69
> seconds).
>     I know that the Windows version has a certain amount of extra overhead
> (displaying PPS, etc) but it seems excessive.
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What do you have the render priority (RENDER/RENDER PRIORITY) set to in
the
windows version? The default is NORMAL, which lets POV co-exist with the
other
windows applications. If you set it to HIGHEST, it will preempt all
other
applications and your times (windows vs. dos) should be closer.

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