Quote - Itmakes absolutely no sense to do a two-minite test in that way. For starters, what machine are we measuring? 

Second, that ti not the point of Lux. Lux is about wuality and realism. If speed is what you're looking for then Firefly with all the advanced options turned off is what you're looking for.

 

I agree with you but that render was in response to a question earlier on in the thread which was posed by Zanzo.  It was not the way I work but, if he has use for a 2 minute render then so be it.  As for the machine we are measuring I felt that is quite clear from the description on my sign-off at the bottom of my post...and every post.

I apologise if you think this puts Luxrender in a bad light, it was not my intention.  I have already posted a couple of renders in my gallery that were 60 minutes and 90 minutes which I felt were fair and a good representations.  I have also posted on more than one occasion that I do not think that the render time is the be all and end all and I think Luxrender is superb and Reality is an easy way to get there.  What I did nto expect was a semi-flame for providing what another person in the thread asked for, even if I saw limited use.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.