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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:13:57 +0200, Tilly wrote...
> Hello,
>
> there is a new (second), unofficial Version of POVRAY at
> http://students.washington.edu/sschmitt/pov/ for download. This Version is
> optimized (with support from Intel) for PIII/Athlon and P4. And I'm deeply
> impressed how immense the difference of rendertime between the non-optimized
> and the optimized code is.
>
> I use the POVRAY-File chess2.pov to compare CPU's at http://www.tabsnet.com/
> since the Beginning of 2000. I hope, someone of you send me an Result of an
> P4 running the new, optimized POVRAY-Version.
>
> Here are some results of my Computer.
> Rendertime in second with this Parameter :
> -d -q9 +w800 +h600 +b1000 +r3 +a0.300 +v1 +ft -ichess2.pov
>
> Non-optimized 1'st optim. 2'nd optim.
> Athlon 1200 MHz 542 sec. 436 sec. 300 sec.
> Pentium III 667 MHz 1056 sec. ---- 689 sec.
<sigh>
That'll teach me to read articles more thoroughly before I reply to
them...
I managed to miss the important concepts of _new_ and _second_
versions...
<goes away to attempt to reboot brain with aid of brick wall and
concussive impacts...>
Bye for now,
Jamie.
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