Anybody using NOW 3D? If not, check it out. It’s good raytracer and–yes-- it’s free!
MaceG“Have you a link, sir?”
(to paraphrase a quote from some Charles Dickens novel whose title I cannot recall at the moment)
Maybe I should just use Google. 
now 3d sucks.
i just downloaded it.
complete waste of bandwidth.
Was just about to say the same thing. Now3D looks pretty damn nice on Paper. The only problem is, it’s written in VB (if I remember correctly) and is slow. Real slow. Anyonw who thinks BMRT or POV is a slow renderer ought to try Now3D. That’s slow.
SatoriGFX.
Slow? Yeah.
Good renderer? Yeah.
MaceG
I’ve got it on my computer. It’s so nice as a Blender user to be able to throw down some nicely-raytraced primitives, but it’s really too slow to be more than a fun toy when you’re getting sick of env maps. The thing I like about it is it’s (1) free {always very important for me} and (2) it raytraces but it still has a graphical interface {having to learn a programming-like language has always been a deterrent to seriously trying most raytracers out there}.