Like they say, that *little* grows when doing long renders.
Btw, I've seen an average 8% difference on this 233MMX 32Meg SDRAM (now
64) but haven't done any DOS renders since).
POVpro, the dos "speed-optimized" version of POV-Ray 3, was usually 20
to 40 percent faster, depending on the scene.

Spider wrote:
> 
> I've made a little comparsion on my own PC, on a fireworks scene.
> Hardware :
> P166mmx overclocked to 200Mhz
> 32Mb EDO
> 1 Mb Cache.
> 
> win95 :
>   Litestep as shell, no unnecessary programs run.
>   no editor, no menubar, no animation.
> 
> Test scene can be posted in .text.scene-files on demand.
> Same .pov file and .ini file in both tests.
> 
> Scene info :
> two infinite spheres
> sky_sphere
> a HF, 512*334*16
> 4 lights of diff. colour
> a fog.
> 3207 objects total
> Resolution 640 x 480
> Antialiasing Off
> Radiosity Off
> 
> Dos-Stats
> Memory : 6 194 964
> Parse  : 20.0 seconds
> Trace  : 8 minutes   3.0 seconds
> Time   : 8 minutes  23.0 seconds
> 
> Win-Stats
> Memory : 6 191 008
> Parse  : 27 seconds
> Trace  : 8 minutes   56.0 seconds
> Time   : 9 minutes   23.0 seconds
> 
> As you can see there is not much difference between the two.
> 
> //Spider

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