I did the same, I added another 100 atoms to the scene and rendered it in 
both 3.6.1c and 3.7 beta25... My PentiumD 820 (2x2.6GHz), 2Gb RAM machine 
parses and renders this in 0.8s. and that is at +W800+H600+Q9! In 3.7 with 
both cores the image just appears, you cant even see the progression across 
the field.

If this isn't fast enough for you, what machine are you running it on? A 
386, 40MHz?

Rarius

"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
news:web.47df694472535d7270d404d10@news.povray.org...
>I really don't know what to say.  Some people here have machines with 8 
>cores
> and insane amounts of RAM, while I just go by with an "ancient" P4 2.66 
> and
> 512MB.
>
> With full AA and full quality and just a lower resolution than yours:
> povray +q9 +W320 +H240 +A0.02 +AM2 test.pov
>
> I get a 2 secs render.  and with no AA and no area_lights or shadows:
> povray +q2 +W320 +H240 -A0.02 -AM2 test.pov
>
> time is so negligible it goes below 0 secs.  If you need more than that, 
> you
> could try lowering parsing time by having a less things to parse.  For
> instance, all those finish look pretty much the same.  You could try 
> getting
> the equal values inside a default expression, as in:
> #default {finish {specular 0.9 roughness 0.001}}
>
> I improvised a bit upon your test scene in order to get a lot more 
> spheres:
>
>
>
> #include "colors.inc"
> #include "textures.inc"
>
> #declare ATM_FINISH = finish {specular 0.9 roughness 0.001 ambient rgb
> <0.3,0.3,0.3> metallic}
> #declare RIBBON_FINISH = finish {specular 0.9 roughness 0.001 ambient rgb
> <0.3,0.3,0.3>}
> #declare SURF_FINISH = finish {specular 0.9 roughness 0.001 ambient rgb
> <0.3,0.3,0.3>}
> #declare N_tex = texture { pigment { colour red 0.231 green 0.318 blue 
> 1.000 }
> finish{ ATM_FINISH }}
> #declare C_tex = texture { pigment { colour red 0.100 green 0.100 blue 
> 0.100 }
> finish{ ATM_FINISH }}
> #declare O_tex = texture { pigment { colour red 0.700 green 0.000 blue 
> 0.000 }
> finish{ ATM_FINISH }}
> //************ CAMERA *********
>
> #declare zoom = 15;
>
> // Define Camera Positions
> #declare xtopview = camera {orthographic direction <1, 0, 0> sky <0, 0, 1> 
> up
> <0, 0, zoom> right<zoom*4/3,0,0> rotate <0,0,180> location <0, 0, 20> 
> look_at
> <0, 0, 0>}
> #declare xfrontview = camera {orthographic location  <0, -20, 0> direction 
> <1,0,
> 0> sky <0, 0, 1> up <0, 0, zoom> right<zoom*4/3,0>
> look_at <0, 0,0>}
>
>
> //************ LIGHTS *********
>
> #declare Intensity = 1.7;
>
> light_source
> {
>  0*z // light's position (translated below)
>  color rgb 1.7  // light's color
>  // <widthVector> <heightVector> nLightsWide mLightsHigh
>  area_light
>  <12, 0, 0> <0, 0, 12> // lights spread out across this distance (x * z)
>  4, 4                // total number of lights in grid (4x*4z = 16 lights)
>  adaptive 0          // 0,1,2,3...
>  jitter              // adds random softening of light
>  translate <30, -60, 40>   // <x y z> position of light
>  shadowless
> }
> light_source
> {
>  0*z // light's position (translated below)
>  color rgb 1  // light's color
>  // <widthVector> <heightVector> nLightsWide mLightsHigh
>  area_light
>  <12, 0, 0> <0, 12, 0> // lights spread out across this distance (x * z)
>  6, 6                // total number of lights in grid (4x*4z = 16 lights)
>  adaptive 0          // 0,1,2,3...
>  jitter              // adds random softening of light
>  translate <7.5, 4, 20>   // <x y z> position of light
>  shadowless
> }
> //************ Simulation Box ******
>
> background { color rgb < 1.000, 1.000, 1.000 >}
>
>
> //********** CAMERA *************
>
> camera { xfrontview }
>
> //********** ATOMS *************
>
> #declare atoms = union {
> sphere   { <1.34073,2.44067,2.09778>,  0.77 texture{C_tex}}
> sphere   { <0.22055,2.50846,2.75588>,  0.73 texture{O_tex}}
> sphere   { <2.20820,2.40215,2.77242>,  0.32 texture{N_tex}}
> sphere   { <-0.54093,2.52909,2.04946>,  0.32 texture{N_tex}}
> sphere   { <0.07183,-0.04000,-0.02136>,  1.3 texture{C_tex}}
> sphere   { <2.90433,-0.03858,-0.02034>,  1.3 texture{C_tex}}
> sphere   { <1.50770,2.40207,0.19218>,  1.3 texture{C_tex}}
> } // End atom union
>
> #declare atoms = union {
> #local i = 0; #while (i<40)
> object {atoms translate x*.6*i}
> #declare i = i + 1; #end
> } // End atom union
>
> object {atoms rotate <0,0,0> translate <-7.50771, -4.47073, 2.07789> scale
> 0.775927395422}
>
>
>

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