POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.binaries.images: Re: Random points on surface of an object (in advanced-users): Re: Random points on surface of an object (in advanced-users)

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From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 22 Feb 2007 03:44:33
Message: <45dd57f1@news.povray.org>

"Stephen" <mcavoys_AT_aolDOT.com> schreef in bericht 
news:web.45dc6fb26a72babbf1cb1e660@news.povray.org...
>
>> Fwiw, there are some 6000 leaves here and it took v.3.7 about 5 minutes 
>> to
>> parse and render on a Pentium D machine. About 30 minutes with v.3.6.
>>
>
> Impressive, it is probable time I upgraded my wife's machine :-)
>

Well, that might be a good idea :-)

However, there are limits still. The same image, with 2000 leaves but with 
four different image_maps choosen randomly (see image), took about 15 
minutes and the hard drive started to protest. You can easily get to the 
limits of your memory that way.

Thomas

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