mine, 3 minutes and 59 seconds. thats with one big prop, one character, with an outfit and hair, plus lights and bg:P i think its good for my ole laptop

You mean 1.7? {I hope thats what ya meant..cuz thats the only one I have right now LOL}

I did a quickie render with 1 object and all defaults...went pretty darn fast...dont have alot of time to play right now, but I will soon as I can

Overall 1.7 renders quickly. I haven't done a speed test alone but this is the first full scene I rendered with it -

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1497233

1 hour and 16 minutes including shadow map calculation and the original render was 2200 wide. Not too shabby, I've had much simpler scenes in 1.5 take considerably longer.

Most of the stuff in my gallery took an hour+ to render using raytrace if there are reflections. Gas Riot on410th took far longer because of the displacement map used on the catsuit. On average I notice that adding displacement maps adds 10-20% to the render time, and adding scripted lights, or pw effects can double the render time at least. The Couple took 3-4 hours because of the skin shader on M3, and the reflections.

I Render mine in Vue!!! Hi Gry 8^D