Simon wrote:
> That's what I had working at one point but I found it to be a complete pain 
> in the backside and with the exception of using radiance, more time to set 
> up than to just wait...

What OS? Under Linux at least, I could think of some fairly easy ways of 
automating that.

Also, there was an SMP patch for 3.5--it might be worth temporarily 
downgrading for that. :-)

> I've got the pentium Core2Duo E6900 which is VERY shiny but only a Gig of 
> ram so need to do a bit of an upgrade there at some point. For gaming, I 
> have a GeForce 7600GT - Also needs an overhaul as soon as DX10 cards are 
> out. and 2x240GB SATA-2 HDDs. All in all, a fairly nice PC (and it has a 
> blue neon light on the front :D )

Hmm... you're making me jealous. :-P

> I did find a program that would handle networked rendering and multiple CPUs 
> but it was slightly buggy and involved launching lots of instances of POVRay

Those programs try to do waaay more than what you need for harnessing a 
dual-core box.

-- 
William Tracy
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You know you've been raytracing too long when you've tried rendering 
hair with each strand as an object.
Quietly Watching

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