all the replies I have recieved put together gives me a really accurate idea
on how to proceed.  Although I cant attach some of the scenes due to size
one example of a very complex example scene which took 4 hours to complete
may be found at http://www.oyonale.com/ressources/english/sources15.htm

By the way, I think given the example of how dual core really works the name
duel core is the proper spelling, as one core attempts to duel the other
for getting some of the action.  LOL

AMD 64 FX 53 is quite pricy compared to what I have and is now on the
christmas list with an XP OS.

Thank you all for great information provided
Edee

Larry Hudson <org### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> FrogRay wrote:
> > "Edee" <rah### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> >>Is there a significant improvement in rendering time by switching to Linux
> >>from XP?
> >>
> >
> > My suggestion would be to install a Linux distro that allows you to dual
> > boot.  Render your scenes under both Xp and Linux and compare the results.
>
> I tried this comparison once some time ago on a 1.67MHz Athalon, 1GB RAM
> system running Win2K, but I don't remember what Linux distro I was using
> at that time, probably RedHat 9.  I rendered an image under both OS's
> which took about 30 minutes.  The Windows render was about 3 seconds
> faster (which surprised me, I expected Linux to be the faster).  This
> obviously is not a very definitive test, but it suggests to me that the
> OS doesn't make much difference.
>
>       -=- Larry -=-

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