[Untitled] Rendering in process. It took about 20 minutes to reach 84/512 (see pic). I use Intel(R) Core™ i5-6200U CPU @ 2.40 GHz, 64 bit OS. Last week I increased RAM from 8GB to 16GB. But Render is slow in this PC. I wanted to buy a new PC but it will take time may be half year for me. So, For…

The performance of the hardware cannot be improved. Adding RAM has nothing much to do with hardware performance. It allows you to work on a more stable and larger scale. ※ If a new GPU can be installed, performance can be improved. The trick to CPU rendering is Try a tester first to see how m…

Sure especially if you render still images you can use denoiser and get clean images with very little samples. Best is to look for recent tutorials with a list of tricks that you can use !

What GPU do you have? Usually it’s faster to render on GPU than on CPU. Also what resolution do you have? 20 minutes for 8 doughnuts seems too much which would imply there’s something wrong in your scene.

[image] cdog: What GPU do you have? They are using a basic, old laptop, with a 10 year old CPU that only has 2 cores. Any ‘GPU’ is nothing more then a simple built in one. Hence, there is nothing ‘wrong’ with the scene, it’s just going to take that long. A few things can likely be done, as …

[image] cdog: 20 minutes for 8 doughnuts seems too much which would imply there’s something wrong in your scene. I don’t have GPU. I am using a laptop bought eight years ago. I understood that I need a upgrade PC for fast rendering. So, for now, as I am using my laptop, I am looking for if th…

[image] oo_1942: See videos related to rendering speed in YouTube videos Thank you. I have learned enough tips.

Hi @shuvo3d Here are two videos full of good tips to render faster: [The FASTEST Cycles Renders you can get in Blender!] [EVERY way to SPEED up Cycles! Up to 1000% - Blender 3D]

[image] xan2622: Here are two videos full Great. I will have a look at your link. Thanks @xan2622

Just to cover all options, there are addons that can also help, for example: [image] rocket Turbo Tools - Faster Cycles Renders & Compositing! Released Scripts and Themes [Turbo Render - Cycles Renders 960x Faster! 3 to 5x Faster (Up to 120x Faster!)] Available f…

Tips for fast cycle render

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Just to cover all options, there are addons that can also help, for example:

And it does work with CPU rendering as well.