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> *: remember, it's 2 hours for a huge size of at least 1600x1200 with AA.
> *, also: when a dual-athlon with 2GHz each will be available
>   (dual athlon is already, 2GHz probably in a few months/years), hoping
>   a port of povray 3.5+ (4.0 ??) will be multiprocessor compatible
>  (using the full power, with thread and so), the LONG 2Hr would be reduced
>  to only 40 minutes,
> and on a server with quad-mobo would only take 20 minutes...
> Try using a beowolf cluster of 64 of unexpensive 1GHz (by that time),
> and the theorical rendering drop to less than 3 minutes !
> If you do the computation with a shorter scene, you will found yourself
> with a precision problem sooner than you would have expected.

How many people do you know who have a Beowulf cluster at home?!?!?
I honestly know only one person who has a (home) computer in the gHz
range... and it's precisely 1 gHz.
Even though multiprocessor systems have been around for years, I still don't
know anyone who has one.

...Chambers

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