Am 20.03.2013 17:44, schrieb Cousin Ricky:


>> simultaneous renderings in a single instance.
>
> It does, however, support multiple instances.  (In the Options menu, uncheck
> Keep Single Instance.)  Whether it /loads/ multiple instances I cannot answer,
> since my technical knowledge of Windows stalled in 1995.  With POV-Ray 3.7's SMP
> support, though, it shouldn't matter whether your renders are serial or
> parallel.

Well, it does: Throwing all the computing power at a single render at a 
time is far more memory-efficient than splitting up the power between 
multiple renders. It's probably also faster, as you don't end up with 
multiple instances fighting for space in the processor caches.

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