A couple of new tests.
A new scene this time. The scene has 1.44 billion polygons via 2 proxy objects. The two images are the same, just different sampling and AA filters. The first image is a box filter set to 1 : 16, the image with these settings took just shy of 5 hours to complete. The second is the Lanczos filter set to 4 : 4. With these setting the image took 2 hours and 46 minutes to complete. The box filter looks better, but at nearly double the time. Though I would rather use a sharpening filter or no filter for a still. Box is a blurrying, though it is still usable.
I think I might set up some extensive sampling and AA tests this weekend.
The times are for lighting calculation and rendering at 3000 pixels wide with a MR sun and sky setup. The lighting calculation finished under 2 minutes, so the vast majority of the time is sent sampling and filtering.
Still no reflections in the scene.
Lanczos 4 : 4 – 2 hours and 46 minutes >
http://www.phase22.com/misc/cgarchit...st_lan_4-4.jpg
Box 1 : 16 – 4 hours 55 minutes >
http://www.phase22.com/misc/cgarchit...t_box_1-16.jpg
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