Cycles for 2.66a - How to remove noise

[KuroOokami]

I was wondering if anyone had any idea on how to remove the noise from cycles in the newest Blender 2.66a or higher.

I tried some of the tutorials for the older versions - 2.5 and 2.6 - however the tips don’t seem to really work.

[LordOdin]

there isnt really a way to just get rid of it
you have to render until its gone
if you have old hardware that can take hours even days
you can optimize the render the most effective way is to turn the bounces down
http://www.blenderguru.com/4-easy-ways-to-speed-up-cycles/

[sabba]

Try setting the render panel Clamp value >= 1.0