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  Re: Poly is slower in megapov than in the official pov?  
From: Rich
Date: 15 Feb 2000 16:47:25
Message: <8EDB90E5Cspammindspringcom@204.213.191.228>
Nat### [at] Koppcom (Nathan Kopp) wrote in <38a8d10c@news.povray.org>:

>
>Rich <spa### [at] mindspringcom> wrote...
>>     POV 3.1g (official release)    3min 54sec
>>     POV 3.1g (MSVC++ complied)    3min 37sec
>>     MegaPOV 0.4                5min  4sec
>
>That is a considerable difference.  Please send me the scene and I'll
>see if I can find ways to optimize MegaPov.  I think the problem here
>might have to do with refraction and reflection (the dispersion patch
>and blurred reflection patch), though I would not have expected that
>much of a difference in speed.


    	I'll post it to text.scene-files after this one goes out.

Rich


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