I am amazed at how much faster my new duel core AMD system is compared to the Intel P4!   One of my reasons for building the new system from scratch was so I could get a case that allowed for lots of cooling (plus it has a cool dragon logo on it :)).  Even after a few days of test renders, I can see that I will add that third fan...  Laptops do get very hot.  There are some options for cooling pads, but for Vue, I would lean toward a desktop computer.

I have just set up a render farm with the two computers (one more will be added this weekend as soon as I pry it out of my son's hands) - I have a few tips to share, so hopefully I will be able to write something up.  The hardest part of network rendering is setting up the network.  Once that is done right, it works really easy! 

Peggy

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