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29 Jul 2024 16:21:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Quad Core, Baby!  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 8 Jul 2011 07:35:00
Message: <web.4e16ea9ee064bff51f3645410@news.povray.org>
"jhu" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> "John VanSickle" <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > The old Athlon XP 2400 with half a gig of RAM up and died a couple weeks ago.
> > It was due to happen; I built the system in 2003.  Got an HP quad core Athlon
> > system.
> >
> > Single-core rendering is almost twice as fast, and with all four cores rendering
> > is 7.6 times as fast.
> >
> > So I make the frames larger (512x288 vs. 320x240), and up the AA levels as well.
> >
> > Life is good.
>
> You were making Rusty videos on something that old???

Yes, although the last Rusty vid was made in 2007, when the machine was only
four years old.

Regards,
John


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