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  Re: Benchmark.pov update before release  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 25 May 2010 09:32:22
Message: <4bfbd166$1@news.povray.org>
Le 23/05/2010 21:52, clipka a écrit :
> Am 23.05.2010 20:33, schrieb Alain:
> 
>> It would be good to remove at least one of those lines from
>> benchmark.ini:
>> Display=Off
>> This disable the preview.
>>
>> Output_To_File=Off
>> This disable saving the resulting image.
>>
>> As it is now, there is NO preview and the image is NOT saved anywhere.
> 
> This is by design. The benchmark is /only/ a benchmark of the render
> engine, and any output activity is /not/ part of what it should measure.

But, without calling it benchmark, it might be "interesting" to be able
to render the benchmark on screen and in a file (at the same resolution
as benchmark, same AA, same ...)
Maybe an additional offer ? (with some warning about timing being not
from benchmark)

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