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>> 486DX2-50, 32 MB RAM, 22MB swap file renders in 15 min. Pentium 66, 16 MB RAM, 42MB swap file renders in about 45 min. These are on adjacent frames, so the rendering times should be very similar. << I'd be shocked if they were. The swap file size tells the story. 3ds is using the disk as memory, once you do this, your processor speed means very little. The governing factor becomes your DISK speed. Put equal memory in both systems, and the Pentium should edge out the 486. Put equal memory in both, then eliminate the need for the swap file, and you should see a big difference. – Michael J Sheldon "Falcon", msheldon@crl.com – When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine, Common Sense [1776]