CPU Type & speed (Overclock speed) , RAM amount, Operating system, RAM speed, AGP speed P4 2.4GHz (2.4GHz), 1.5GB, Windows 2000 Pro (patched with all latest patches except SR4), DDR (266), 4X (card maximum) 226 seconds to completion (rendering box vanished and render window has flashed white then back to render). Also running... Foreground apps: Outlook Express, Internet Exlorer (2 Renderosity pages), Windows explorer, Calculator (need math help, brain hurts) and CPU test readme. Background apps (that show up in ashtray): Sound Effects (default sound card utility) Atmoic Timesync MaxMem EXPERTool (default video card utility) CleanSweep Smart Sweep Cleansweep Internet Sweep Norton Internet Security (Enabled, natch) Norton Antivirus Local Area Connction status Clock (naturally!) A great deal of time was spent creating shadow maps - I can't help but think that faster RAM would have an impact.