Aye, I understand where you're coming from, sir, but perhaps turn the RPP down, to like 9 or something managable? You will find that on small renders like 1280x960 that you will notice almost no difference than at 64. The reason is, there just aren't enough pixels to make a visible difference. And I don't know what machine you're using, I use an old Pentium 3 with 256 MB of PC-100 RAM, and it's not cutting-edge, but perhaps you should consider rendering while you sleep? Do you sleep? Do any of us REALLY sleep? Dream forever...!