POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Linux Pov vs. Win Pov : Re: Linux Pov vs. Win Pov Server Time
14 Nov 2024 21:12:30 EST (-0500)
  Re: Linux Pov vs. Win Pov  
From: Spider
Date: 27 Apr 1999 13:48:36
Message: <37259F08.C84BB609@bahnhof.se>

> 

> Mark Gordon schrieb:
> >
> > POV-Ray 3.1 for Linux should run faster on a P-100 than the Windows
> > version, but it actually runs slower on my dual-booting PII-333.  The

> > POV-Ray binary for Windows is compiled with Pentium II optimizations
> > that help on a Pentium II but may actually run slower on a Pentium, a
s > I
> > understand it.  I can't confirm this, since I don't have VC++, and th
e
> > only Pentium machine I have is a dedicated Linux box.  I also have no

> > idea how well or poorly the binaries run on non-Intel CPU's.
> 


of POV-Ray
> 3.1e on my AMD-K6-maschine. Linux was always faster than Windows until 
I set the
> render priority to highest in the Windows version. But than you can do 
nothing

s.
> 

> An other scene made by me was rendered on Linux in about 5 minutes and 
the
> Windows version took about 6 minutes. (800 x 600, A0.3)
> 

> I must say, that I have not recompiled the Linux version. I took the bi
naries as
> they were.
Hmm, just have to ask, what happened if you reniced POV in linux to take 
full(or
close to) priority ? Have you tested this ?





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