Jhoagland...I have read the manual, and in fact quoted it....in a different thread...but what it says and what it means are 2 different birds.... Because...if you DECREASE the bucket size...it increases your render time, and vice versa... For me, if I see "requires greater system resources", I equate that to mean slower render time, and I think many of us assumed that...but it is just the opposite.

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