@Bob, glad you are getting good results with IBL! One mesh and a choice IBL is my defacto set-up these days for a simple scene.

@Xandi; I was a little curious about that statement too when it popped up. Gaming machines typically make fantastic render rigs, as all the right pieces come together for similar tasks: Fast CPU's, lots of memory, Top-of-the-line video cards, etc etc.

Now on older machines (dual core and older) that used to be a great gaming rig, that's not so true anymore. Maybe that was the author's note??

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