Blender 2.46 RC3 is one nice piece of software.
100 000 verts. 8 second render. AO, soft shadows.
What is that thing?
Nice use of new features.
clearly this is a cubicle brain
It’s not really anything… it’s a hi-poly object:)
Here’s another render. Another couple layers of multires and renders at only 12 seconds. (400 000 verts)
Push it to 1 million!
A cube brain.
1.6 Million verts: 27 seconds.
Keep in mind that most of that time was taken up by pre-calculations and stuff. The rendering itself happened in probably 15 seconds.
where do you get this nice new pice of software?
i didnt see it on the blender download page
missleswarm: Go to blender.org, look under the announcements section on the home page. There’s a headline about 2.46 RC3, click on it.
Of course, speed will also depend on your system 
What sort of system are you running, blenditall?
Oh. Hi poly. I thought this might have been that feature where materials are volumetric.
Is that the right term? What’s going on with that anyway?