We are talking an EXTREME amount of time. On my 3ghz p4 with 1gb of ddr400 at 2-2-2 memory timings (good stuff) I got about 150,000 pixels done while I was asleep (about 8 hours) On my dual athlon 2000+ MP system with 1gig of ddr266 it took a full day to do 100,000 pixels.
for fun, let's do some math. long decibels kept for fun
we have 25,165,824 pixels to process
150,000 pixels / 8 hours = 18,750 pixels/hour
25,165,824 pixels / 18,750 pixels/hour = 1342.17728 hours
1342.17728 hours / 24 hours = 55.92405333... days
So on my nicer computer, it would take close to 2 months.
Now on my slower machine I noticed the process became even slower as time went on. So who knows. I might also add that the dual processor machine heated the upstairs of my house quite nicely for the 3 days it was running. UOL really warming up the holidays for me.
Anyone have data for machines with more ram or otherwise higher specs.
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