I have one small question.
Does Pov-ray 64 bit works with two core processors ?
I know that it is not place for this type of question but I didn't know
where put question about hardware.
Thanks.

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And one more thing.
Is it possible to make calculations at joined into cluster ?

I want to know because my calculations of isosurfaces with radiosty are
horrible :(:(:( long. I want to start making photorealistic scenes, but it
needs isosurfaces which containing several funcions (including sclaed noise
and fractals), and multi layered textures. When I'm adding rodiosty to this
i can forget about doing any other things at computer by next few weeks
:(:(.

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Woland wrote:
> I have one small question.
> Does Pov-ray 64 bit works with two core processors ?

It works, but uses only one core. 3.7 is promised to be threaded so
it'll utilize both cores.

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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Woland wrote:
>> I have one small question.
>> Does Pov-ray 64 bit works with two core processors ?
> 
> It works, but uses only one core. 3.7 is promised to be threaded so
> it'll utilize both cores.
> 

In the meantime, there are other methods.  For instance, I believe 
there's a system called SMP-Pov, which will distribute the render 
throughout a cluster (however, I believe it has issues with radiosity).

If you're doing an animation, you can submit it to the IMP 
(www.imp.org), and it will be farmed out to several machines.

...Chambers

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Woland wrote:
> I have one small question.
> Does Pov-ray 64 bit works with two core processors ?
> I know that it is not place for this type of question

Then please don not post it here. A proper place for your question would
have been povray.general .

	Thorsten, POV-Team

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