> 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

Taking the overhead needed when multithreading, 4 cores and 4.166 times 
the CPU speed, around 14 to 16 times faster would seems like a realist 
estimate. Can even be a LOT faster if the slower machine had to use the 
swap and you don't need to on the new one.


Alain

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