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31 Jul 2024 08:23:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I need a faster computer.  
From: M a r c
Date: 2 Feb 2010 03:40:09
Message: <4b67e4e9@news.povray.org>

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> Really, the thing that's making it slow is the refractive objects.  I 
> could slap no_image on them and get the nice media/photon effects in a few 
> minutes.  Turn off the media and photons and have the tetrahedra on and it 
> takes a few days.
>
> Is there any way to speed that up?  How do commercial renderers compare 
> speedwise for refractives?  What do they do differently?
>
> --
The keyword that comes in mind is adc_bailout... did you try setting it 
higher?

Marc


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