I have seen it posted in a couple of threads..

It kept freezing on Auto settings using firefly at anything other than draft, when it would really chug. :bored:
I have a similar spec machine to Thromm, by the look of it,  but have a little more memory at 2 Gig.
I tried it. It does help a lot. 
I timed similar renders and found that switching to these manual settings halved the render times. ( Bear in mind we are halving from a 'chug chug' or 'freeze' situation though :blink: )

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Seems to be a lot better....Still not sure it is optimal yet though. :sneaky:

So if anyone can suggest any further tweaks?

Klutz

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