CompuServe Messages

Hi David, Yeah, I agree that twice as fast even with swapping is pretty fast and an indication of some serious floating-point processing going on! However, I guess that I wouldn't really call it a true test while trying to accurately compare the Pentium's rendering speed with a *non-swapping* DX2/66 rendering the same file. I'm really hoping to duplicate AnaF's 4-5 times faster result, as this would make a fabulous addition to my client's rendering farm, especially when you consider RAM prices right now. Think about it — each Pentium could not only be maybe 4x faster than a 66, but only needs *one* machines' worth of RAM to achieve the performance. Pretty cost-effective solution, eh? I hope that you get your Pentium soon, David! Please let me know how it works for you. BTW, the ALR I "tested" (not much RAM again) had a bizarre habit of sending PharLap into swapping as soon as 3DS booted up! A quick installation of himem.sys seemed to fix the problem, but this may indicate that the Pentium platform just might be quite memory-manager-sensitive, when it comes to 3DS. Just a thought… -Alan Iglesias