Ooh that's less of an improvement than I was expecting. Still it could be 
enough to make my 64 bit laptop very slightly quicker than my desktop 
machine, rather than very slightly slower.

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

"jhu" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
news:web.43958a33869045be94173ef0@news.povray.org...
> I've done informal testing using the benchmark scene before and after I
> upgraded. Here are my results. Your results may vary:
>
> 1.6 GHz Duron
> Time For Parse:    0 hours  0 minutes   3.0 seconds (3 seconds)
> Time For Photon:   0 hours  0 minutes  60.0 seconds (60 seconds)
> Time For Trace:    0 hours 39 minutes  43.0 seconds (2383 seconds)
> Total Time:    0 hours 40 minutes  46.0 seconds (2446 seconds)
>
> 1.6 Ghz Sempron 64, 32-bit
> Time For Parse:    0 hours  0 minutes   3.0 seconds (3 seconds)
> Time For Photon:   0 hours  0 minutes  53.0 seconds (53 seconds)
> Time For Trace:    0 hours 33 minutes  45.0 seconds (2025 seconds)
> Total Time:    0 hours 34 minutes  41.0 seconds (2081 seconds)
>
> 1.6 GHz Sempron 64, 64-bit
> Parse Time:    0 hours  0 minutes  1 seconds (1 seconds)
> Photon Time:   0 hours  0 minutes 41 seconds (41 seconds)
> Render Time:   0 hours 28 minutes 45 seconds (1725 seconds)
> Total Time:    0 hours 29 minutes 27 seconds (1767 seconds)
>
> "Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote:
>> Okay, google doesn't seem to be able to give me any clear advice on this
>> one, so I'll ask you guys:
>>
>> I just bought an 64-bit AMD Turion based laptop, which irritatingly has
>> 32-bit windows installed, so I'm thinking about doing a dual-boot with 
>> linux
>> and using the 64-bit version of pov. I've already run a 32-bit test and 
>> my
>> laptop's almost as fast as my desktop machine, so I assume it will be 
>> faster
>> in 64-bit. Anyway what I want to know is this:
>>
>> 1/ what version of linux should I get?
>> 2/ how much better is 64-bit pov compared to 32-bit on the same system?
>> (i.e. is it worth the effort?)
>>
>> Now I realise there's no straight answer to question 1 but I'm getting SO
>> annoyed with linux users! Whenever I ask one of the guys at work they 
>> always
>> name about a dozen versions of linux I should try. It's an OS! I don't 
>> want
>> to try it, I just want to install one and use it! I'm not scared of 
>> having
>> to use a command prompt (I use linux remotely from a windows PC at work
>> sometimes so I know my way around), I just want someone to tell me what 
>> the
>> difference is between them.
>>
>> Can all versions of linux run povray? Can they all run the same programs,
>> and if not why not? Do different ones run pov at different speeds? Are 
>> there
>> special 64-bit versions of linux (like windows) or is it just exposed in 
>> a
>> more implicit way?
>>
>> BTW, I've just started using emacs at work, so don't worry about 
>> suggesting
>> a version of linux that's friendly for windows users, I can handle a 
>> steep
>> learning curve (I'm going to regret saying that!).
>>
>> Please help me!
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Tek
>> http://evilsuperbrain.com
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