zutroi wrote:
> PM 2Ring wrote:
>> but no radiosity: it was just too slow. This render took over 7 days 
>> on my
>> 480MHz machine. I was hoping for a more impressive looking result, 
>> after all
>> that render time. Oh well.
> 
> I haven't used any raytracing software for years, but am wondering how 
> much do the modern machines change the rendering times with something 
> like this? for instance, i am currently using a quad-core 2.00 ghz 
> machine with lots of ram. obviously, the quad-core would be faster, but 
> by how much?
> 
> zutroi

Not only are current CPUs running faster clock speeds than old ones, but 
they tend to do more per clock cycle too.

My quad-core Q6600 (overclocked from 2.4GHz to 3.2GHz) really shovels 
through renders. It is easily four times as fast as my old dual core 
D820. I thought that was fast when I got it!

What CPU do you have? Look it up on Tom's Hardware for an idea how fast 
it is compared with others 
(http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/charts/processors,6.html)

Remember that POVRay 3.6 only uses a single core.. to use multi-core 
CPUs you need to move up to the 3.7 beta.

Rarius

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