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POV-Ray 3.5 Rendered

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-the-goold-old-days dept.

Marty writes "The very long awaited version 3.5 of POV-Ray is available. POV is the pre-eminent open source ray tracer. The new version has many wonderful improvements and is able to allow amateurs and pros alike to generate CG images to drool over." I spent many hours mucking about with POV back in the day. Course CPUs are a little faster now, so my guess is those render times don't suck as bad.

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  1. POV by quasi_steller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I first found out about POV about 2 years ago. I thought (and still think) that it was a great tool. I haven't messed around with it much, but I am going to have to download this newest version and try it out.

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    ...interesting if true.
  2. Sucking render times by jayed_99 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    In absolute terms, povray renders a hell of a lot faster than it did 5+ years ago since CPUs have gotten so much faster.

    In relative terms, povray render times still suck. Since CPUs have gotten so much faster in the last 5+ years, my definition of "slow" has changed quite a bit.