Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
> In article <37E2EF67.DF18C8DE@pacbell.net> , lyonstb <lyo### [at] pacbellnet>
> wrote:
> 
> > I have 2 weeks. a 4cpu YMP Cray. I have
> > compiled the pov3.1g and it runs, BUT I
> > could go faster with a 450 mhz pentII.
> > Any one out there have a clue as to where
> > to tweak the code or compile options?
> > shapes.pov took ~20 min. @ 800x640 !!!!!
> 
> POV-Ray will only be a single threaded process and so it can only make use
> of one processor.
> 
>     Thorsten
> 
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
yes I understand that it is single
threaded but don't you think that number
crunchin code (like povray) would run
faster on a computer that was built for
utra fast number crunching??? or has
povray been so influenced by the intel
world that the code/algorithm has a "speed
limit"?

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