I used to have a Cyrix chip in the system I'm using here. It had a heat
problem , which led me to replace it, but I did notice a performance
increase, within Pov-Ray, when I went to a *slower* Intel chip. The Cyrix
was a 150+, and the Intel is a 100. So, was the heat problem causing a
performance hit, or does Intel have more then a single math pipe, (which
would help I guess)?
  Also, I hear there's a 16 processor Intel system out there. Has anyone
re-coded Pov-Ray to take advantage of such a thing (I heard the answer to
Scott's question). I had a multi-processor system before, but somehow
running 16 copies of Pov-Ray just doesn't interest me. I believe it would
make one helluva server, though.
  Cautioning me about the cost of such a system is pointless, if it will
speed up rendering.
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Paul Hinds
gri### [at] swbellnet

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