neonbulbs80

Hmm, I think you should try use depth map with transparency off since most of your objects are opaque. That would speed up the renders a lot.

With that reduce the raytracing amount since you probably dont need it at all.

Hope it helps.

Cheers..

Just spot this thread and wanted to try to do the benchmark.

Testing out Intel's latest Sandy Bridge processor.

i7 2600k. 4Gb RAM. Overclocked to 4.2Ghz

Render Time: 6:11.563u 0.499s 6:18.97r
Memory: 290.63 MB of 295.24 MB arena size. VM Size: 402.86 MB

I say it's quite fast for a 4 cores processor. And the price is just right for my pocket :wink:

Thanks to Peter for sharing the test file.

Cheers..