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On 5-3-2018 10:11, Stephen wrote:
> On 05/03/2018 08:55, Mike Horvath wrote:
>> On 3/5/2018 3:51 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 5-3-2018 9:49, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> I probably should have written "threads" instead of "cores". ;-)
>>>
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>> Wow, +wt is even better!!
>>
>> The docs mention threads and cores. But some CPUs have 2 threads per
>> core, correct?
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> Yes my i7 CPU has 6 cores and 12 threads.
I am always unsure about these things. I think my i7 CPU has one core
and 8 threads. As far as I know...
>
> One other thought, only slightly relevant.
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> If, toward the end of rendering a frame, you find that you are waiting
> for one or two blocks to finish. Setting Render_Block_Size to a smallish
> value allows all of your cores to work on the blocks instead of being
> idle. I generally use +BS8
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> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Reference:Tracing_Options#Render_Block_Size
>
Ah, yes! That might be very relevant indeed. Thanks!
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Thomas
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