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From:Don Cox
Date:9 May 2001 at 15:51:07
Subject:Re: Speedtest

Hello johndavis@vodafone.net

On 09-May-01, johndavis@vodafone.net wrote:
> --- In amigactive@y..., Alan Buxey <almb@m...> wrote:
>> hi,
>> hmmm, how about someone create an Imagine (3) scene and we all have
> a go
>> at rendering it (if we have the program)
>>
> Actually an excellent idea. There is no reason NOT to have Imagine
> since it was given away free. And, importantly, it gives the
> rendering times down to 100ths of a second, so no guesswork required.

A new beta of the PPC renderer for Imagine has just been released.

There might be some speed ups from one version of Imagine to the next
even on 68k. For instance, the texture plugins come in versions for
68040 and 68060.

So you would need to be sure what you were comparing.

Regards



Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net

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