Thomas Lake wrote:
> 
> I have been saving up for a new, "killer", PC, well sorta killer. I
> currently have the following:
> 
> PII 400
> 128MB RAM
> Creative TNT1 Vid card
> 8Gig HD
> 2NIC's
> Winmodem
> SoundBlaster Live! Platinum
> CambrideSoundWorks DTT2500 Digital Speakers
> 17" NEC MultiSync 70 Screen
> 
> I am going to get the hollowing:
> 
> PIII800
> 128-256MB RAM
> Asus V6800 Deluxe Vid Card
> 40Gig HD
> DVD drive
> (The rest of the stuff will be the same)
> 
> Whichm upgrade the CPU or the RAM would give me the biggest boost in
> Pov-Ray? Or an I already at the point where I would not notice any
> difference? If that is the case I might get a larger monitor?
> 
> Oh yeah I use Moray to model ALL my scenes, so that is another
> consideration, I also use Rhino 3D a lot.

CPU first for speed, memory second and only if your scenes are
becoming memory intensive enough that you are having to use your
hard drive to make up for a lack of memory (lots of #while loops
and such).

For a general run down on performance see -

http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/povVFAQ/miscVFAQ.html#renderingspeed

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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