well, I did a test with 4/400 or such and never noticed any real change in render times.
I wanted to make sure, by  using 400/400 the quality was A OK by forcing, and it's simple to remember lol :)

I'll give a test with a variable pair of numbers on a much more complex scene, at 400/400 it is gonna take about 40 hours. but looks beautiful (what has been done).

gonna ask E-On about this, as the default setting is totally USELESS for Area lights, so why have it set so bad in the first place?

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