Hi!

Thank you so much for all of your responses!!!

And sorry for a late reply! I'm a born digiliterate and proved it by messing up the Windows-drivers of my 'real' notebook (first time ever, but still... ;-( ) Since that is my 'Internet'-computer, I wasn't able to get on the Internet 'til now...

Do 'cows' have to be compatible in terms of system requirements? I.e. the notebook is 4 1/2 years old (PIII 1 Ghz, 256 RAM -you may laugh) -and heavely armoured with 2 virus scanners, slowing it down- and our desktop is ... like antique...

The big notebook is one of those sturdy Acers (1714), which I bought second hand. I've seen test reports in which they questioned if this could be named a 'notebook'... ;-)

It has a huge 17 inch SVGA screen and weights a solid 7,2 kilograms. Therefore it can host 'real' genuine computer parts, hopefully a BIG fan as well. (do like the bathroomfloor option though grin ;-)).

I've heard about the AMD's (we have a friend telling it all the time... ;-)). What is confusing me is how to translate the dual core features to system requirements (for instance World Builder wants 2,4 Ghz the least, 'performs' on 3,2...). Now there are nice! powerful dual cores as well, but to us this is a 'wallet-issue' (meaning 'can't afford' $$$!) and once you are used to working on a notebook... ;-)

So I was considering looking for a heavy duty desktop... second hand. And of course upgrading the RAM to the max. of 2048.

Bryce used to render looooooooooong in the past and I didn't plant a zillion trees and grasses... yet. ;-)  Still it had some effect on my blood pressure... ;-D

I even planned to render at the highest resolution possible...LOL

Could you give averages? Like a so-and-so picture will render 2 weeks on a ........ (?) machine, but 1 week on a ........ and a few hours on several ........?

How long (short? ;-)) will rendering take with the very best scenario and what equipement would be involved?

Is it possible to state times and numbers?

 

Thanks again!!!

Ine