Quote - Some effective tips: hide what you don't see. If you can't see a material zone in the vieport, then set it to Null in Reality. There is no point in rendering the invisible engine of a car in the scene if it is not visible. Keep lights to a minimum. Glossiness is prob one of the biggest culprits; try not to use max values. The higher the gloss value, the longer the render takes.

Thanks for the tips, Doc! It would be nice to know why I got a decrease in s/p instead of an increase with the RC3, but I'll just chalk it up to my luck and move on :)

Nice render, btw.

@superboomturbo - No chance of adding more cpu's, the best I can hope for in that area is to overclock my AMD 1090T to 4.0 Ghz when I get it in my new rig, whenever I finally get that built. Thanks for the additional tips though.

@Abi - I thought the set of prints are someone staring through the window.

The exhiliration of obscenity, the obscenity of obviousness, the obviousness of power, the power of simulation... ravishing Hyperrealism... mind blowing!