of course more light=longer render, but now i see why its 23 h. its your pc. i had dual core 3.4 ghz before this, but render time decreased at least 10-15 times!!! and its still not the best pc ( i7 860 quad core@ 3ghz)
when you can upgrade cpu and mobo for dramatic changes btw nice last render.
but I have in mind to buy a new PC.
with a NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 or 4800 or something and buy 16 gig ram.
is now often too much that I want in the scene.
and on the old PC he will not even rendering.
Any particular reason to buy Quadro? It will suck ass in games, just so you know.
Btw, 3D is all about cheating. If you want to keep it simple, like doing still renders and maybe simple animations, then "buying out from trouble" can be the best solution. But if you want to do 3D as a more serious hobby or especially something you may want to work with some day, then you need to learn to optimize.
I recently out competed some Maya/mental ray users who applied for a professional project, because one of my main pro's is that I can tweak the heck out of a scene and make the hardware spit out whats required of it, even though I have 0% experience with Maya! 3D, cheating/optimizing and tweaking all go hand in hand.
Hey just finished this, it's a personal fantasy Nascar livery, I would really love to see it rendered, so if someone could do that for me, I'd appreciate it.
( i7 860 quad core@ 3ghz)
btw nice last render.
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