POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : Photon patch : Re: Photon patch Server Time
2 Sep 2024 18:22:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Photon patch  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 18 Oct 1999 22:50:32
Message: <380bdc78@news.povray.org>
This seems like something more than just PII optimization.  Was there some
major optimization between 3.1a and 3.1g that I missed?

-Nathan

Fabian Brau <fab### [at] umhacbe> wrote...
> Hello
>
> I have found something strange:
> I have a PII 400MHz with win 98. When I trace skyvase.pov, this take
> 1min30s. This is a correct time (see benchmark (the adress can be found
> at Ken site)). When I used uvpov.exe (by Nathan Koop) the time is
> 1min46s (without any photon!). I say ok, certainly that the uvpov is not
> PII optimized (the official POV I use is PII optimized). But when I
> trace the file gdiamond1.pov (see message "diamond macro" from Simen
> Kvaal in the image group) the time is (for 160*120 no AA) 11 sec with
> the official pov PII optimized and 2min 25sec with uvpov (without
> photons) this 13 time slower!!
> Someone can make a PII otimized verion of uvpov! Thanks!
>
> Fabian.
>


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