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I have installed POV for dos, and use it for overnight animation renders,
and it is well worth it!!!
a performace of 120% on avaerge make a huge difference when rendering
hundres of frames!!
Rick
Bob Hughes wrote in message <36E4D769.F66BDA0F@aol.com>...
>I've noticed faster renders using DOS versus Windows, on average about 8
>minutes less per hour. But it is subjective to the scene file and the
>machine setup I think, so if anything you might say Windows takes 105%
>to 120% longer to render. The variances people see doesn't permit a firm
>statement on it I believe. Suffice it to say Windows will probably
>always be the slower.
>
>
>Ken wrote:
>>
>> Gordon wrote:
>> >
>> > I am curious, just how much faster does the DOS version render? Can
anyone
>> > give me an approximate percentage? After all, a scene that takes 20
hours
>> > being rendered in 19 hours really makes no difference. It would need to
be
>> > 20-50 percent faster to really impact.
>> >
>> > On the subject, what about the Linux version?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Gordon
>> > <gbentley#birdcameron.com.au>
>>
>> I have heard conflicting reports on this issue. Personaly I have
experimented
>> a bit but could not detect enough of a difference to warrent installing a
dos
>> version. You might take a look at the Pov benchmark page and see if
anybody
>> has posted comparson times for the same machine using the different
versions.
>> There is a lot of data available there if you have the time to sift
through
>> it all.
>>
>> http://www.haveland.com/povbench/
>>
>> --
>> Ken Tyler
>>
>> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
>
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