Here are results of some test renders showing the effects of turning 
certain features on/off.


Legend:

rad   = radiosity
atmos = atmospheric media
fit   = the method I used to bound the buildings in boxes
qual  = the quality of the textures & materials
     0 = random pigments, no finishes, no media
   1/2 = regular pigments & finishes, no media
     1 = regular pigments, finishes, & media
seconds = the time elapsed from start to finish on a 2.4GHz single-core 
Celeron CPU with 3GiB RAM
pov   = POV-Ray version, either 3.6.2 or 3.7.0 beta 37a




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