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Old 03-30-2006, 02:04 AM   #1
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dual-core and 3d imaging


Does a dual-core speed up when redering a 3d art with ray-tracing ?
 
Old 03-30-2006, 02:11 AM   #2
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It can if your ray tracing software can multithread. I haven't heard the status lately, but I remember a patch for povray that would allow it to multitask a drawing. Users would build compute farms from old 486 systems (very cheap) and use clustering software to distribute the load. Amazingly, 8 486 systems would render as quickly as 1 PIII 550 for 1/8th the cost.
 
  


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