Much less noise in Vue7 I must say.

noise is best defeated by improving the render settings, so go to user settings, edit it, and then...you're in the arms of the gods ;) everyone has their own faves, me I don't care about render speed so much as quality

I'd recommend small renders, with no radiosity, just standard light, and see what you like, by increasing the max # of rays or texels, or quality.
higher settings DO have a big impact especially on large complex renders, render times become slow, but can look a hell of a lot better.

but, just ramping up numbers doens't always = better by huge amount.

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