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Bill, I'm assuming you are talking about that rendering at 320×200, right? My P60 does it in 55 seconds. If your 486/66 does it in 83 seconds, that *does* seem pretty dang fast to me. What's the time with 640×480? I feel that most of these benchmarks assume a good HD controller with a decent HD for map access. Certainly, something like the optical disk can throw a wrench into the works. As particle systems like Vapor and Flame are primarily special effects, they probably don't represent the "typical render" very broadly. Many of us are using Chevy.3ds/640×480/Metal/AA on/Pixel size 1.1 (the default) for our rendering benchmarks. The 486/66s were coming in at over 5 minutes, with the p60s at the 2:23 mark (GusG's too). I've seen P90s at around the 1:40s. I've been doing redraw benchmarks with the chevy.3ds file, too. I make all four viewports the camera view and redraw all of them (shift+`). My 486/66/ViperVLB was around 12 sec. and 6 with Liquid speed. My DEC P60/ViperPCI/Liquid Speed now does it in less than 3 seconds! Needless to say I'm gettin' a lot more done per hour these days. -Alan