Not a good idea.  I set the priority to realtime once...what a
nightmare!

The worst part is that it didn't really render much faster.

I'm perfectly happy with the performance I get out of POV.  I just think
about what rendering was like with the 486/50, shudder, and then move
on.

-Mike  

Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:57:16 -0500, Kyle <joe### [at] geocitiescom> 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?
> 
> If you're running NT, you can use the Task Manager to set the
> process priority higher - all the way up to "Realtime" if you're
> crazy (that will make POV take priority over critical system
> stuff, however.)
> 
> I don't know if there is a way to change process priority on
> Win9x, though.

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