Nite_Hawk <nel### [at] mailminnehahapvtk12mnus> writes:
[...]
>         If you simply want rendering speed, your best bet is most likely
> to go with K6-233/66s in cheap older socket7 mbs.  Then you can use
> cheap EDO ram, and (this is what I would do) build an enclosure for
> maybe 10-20 Mbs, and feed them all power off one central source.  While
> the K6 isn't  a terribly fast cpu for floating point, the
> price/proformance ratio is pretty good, on www.pricewatch.com I believe
> you could find the chip selling for around $90.  Network cards are also
> selling pretty cheap if you look in the right places, I've picked up
> used ElinkIIIs for about $3.  With all this, you could setup a cluster
> of linux machines, and run pvmpov.  The only problem with this setup is
> that each machine needs it's own amount of ram, and each machine has to
> parse the file, which can get redundant.  This kind of setup works best
> for Scenes with low parse time, higher render times, and smaller amounts
> of memory.  So basically scenes that don't have too much geometry, but
> are being rendered at very high resolutions, and have fpu intensive
> options enabled. (focal blur/Radiosity). 
[...]

Just one remark to your detailed description: Currently radiosity isn't
working with pvmpov.

Thomas

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