yeah, PPro2010 was mentioned in the specs.

And indeed: (12 threads * 4GHz) / (8 threads * 3.3Ghz) = 180%. Disks don't do much in this scene, and if any: Ram-disk beats all. Its simply a matter of horsepower. I guess UsaMike is aware of this (by now).

In reverse: my 14 sec * 180% = 25.2 which is 5 sec above your 20, hence PPro2012 might be 20% faster when taking the HW-factor out. Nice to know. I'm curious what they did to the IDL handling, perhaps you can give it a try. Total prep+render should take my 365 sec * 180% HW-factor * 80% PPro2012-factor = 525 sec.

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