Buy a new computer - at least new mainboard, processor and fast RAM. Povray 
can really be fun with a new pc.

Until I got me a new pc last year I had lost almost all interest in povray - 
it seemed way too slow. Try a scene, render, wait an hour or two, try again, 
no fun at all. Then I bought a new pc - and a whole new world opened up.

Here's a result form my experience: (new beta version, benchmark)

Intel Q9550, 4 GB RAM (3 GB usable under Win-XP-32), benchmark time: 91.72 s

Athlon XP 3000+, 1GB RAM, benchmark time: 894 s

Apart from this: installing a 64-bit OS might speed things up a bit, but for 
real speed improvements you'll have to upgrade, if possible. More RAM, 
faster cpu, best a new pc. Sorry.

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