Kyle wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have a quick question.  As someone mentioned a little while ago,
> even if you set POVray's render priority to Highest, it still gives some
> resources to other programs.  Is there any way to give POVray a higher
> render priority than "highest"?  Possibly with a patch?
>                         Kyle

If you want the absolute highest priority start pov,
pop up the task manager window, and close everything
including windows explorer. When you finish running
pov you will have to reboot but that's the only way
I know of to give it total control. I don't know
how much of a performance boost you can expect but
I wouldn't think it would be very much. If you have
a scene that looks like it's going to run for several
hours it might be worth the effort. If you are thinking
that you will get your ten minute render time down to
5 minutes just forget about it. Ain't going to happen.
Raytracing is a time consuming process and impatients
will get you no where. Of course if you can stand to wait
a short while intel just release an announcement that
their pentium III chip will be on the market soon.
That will really help your rendering times.

-- 
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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