On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:47:33 +0200, TC get-enough-spam-already-2498.com>
<do-not-reply@i-do> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>

I wonder what the over-clocking possibilities are the Athlon XP3500+ ?

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-Nekar Xenos-

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