I'm scratching my head on this one. 9 hours for only 500,000 polygons? I find that really strange unless you have too little ram or an under-powered CPU. My typical scene is 8 to 10 million polygons. If I'm in a hurry, I render in final mode either to sceen at 1600 by 1200 then bump it up in Photopaint. Otherwise, I render it to file, usually at 3200 by 2400. In most cases, 3 to 4 hours is the maximum. -SMT

I'd rather stay in my lane than lay in my stain!