Ken wrote:
> 
> Kyle wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I have a quick question.  As someone mentioned a little while ago,
> > even if you set POVray's render priority to Highest, it still gives some
> > resources to other programs.  Is there any way to give POVray a higher
> > render priority than "highest"?  Possibly with a patch?
> >                         Kyle
> 
> If you want the absolute highest priority start pov,
> pop up the task manager window, and close everything
> including windows explorer. When you finish running
> pov you will have to reboot but that's the only way
> I know of to give it total control. I don't know
> how much of a performance boost you can expect but
> I wouldn't think it would be very much. If you have
> a scene that looks like it's going to run for several
> hours it might be worth the effort. If you are thinking
> that you will get your ten minute render time down to
> 5 minutes just forget about it. Ain't going to happen.
> Raytracing is a time consuming process and impatients
> will get you no where. Of course if you can stand to wait
> a short while intel just release an announcement that
> their pentium III chip will be on the market soon.
> That will really help your rendering times.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> tyl### [at] pacbellnet


Hmm...I'll try that.  On my old 486 I have to squeeze out every ounce of
speed I can :-)
		Kyle

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