Mark Gordon wrote:
> 
> Edward Coffey wrote:
> >
> > OK, so I'm pretty new to all this Linux jazz - but why is my newly-compiled
> > X-POV so very much slower than POV-Win?  I compiled it with the
> > optimisations appropriate for my machine, what can I do to make it faster?
> > (Machine: Pentium-Pro 200MHz, 32Mb ram, RedHat Linux 6.0)
> 
> I've made the same observation.  My guess is that gcc doesn't optimize
> for Pentium II as well as MSVC++ does.  POV-Win experienced a big
> performance jump in moving from Watcom to MSVC++.
> 
> -Mark Gordon

POV-Win experienced a performance increase between the two but I wouldn't
call it a "big" jump. Version differences in POV-Ray itself had a greater
impact than the compiler did. See my report in povray-FAQ group :)

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Ken Tyler
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