6+ hours for that kind of scene and 640x480 sounds excessive in my experience. There are many things that can help with reducing render times : - you can reduce the bump value for distant objects - make sure you are not using anything 'blurred' that is not necessary (blurred shadows, reflections, transparancy, motion blur and depth of field). If you don't need it - turn it off. - you can use User settings (in rendering options) and fine tune the number of rays (minimum and maximum rays) and level of antialiasing. - with an animation, you can also use network rendering and cut down the overall time

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