I use the raytraced 3D Text a lot, and I always have to do overnight rendering, it can take up to 6+ hours!
Specs:
I7 740qm 1.73GHz Quad-Core
16GB RAM
500GB HDD
Mobility Radeon 5850
I'm very disappointed and I may switch over to other programs to get the 3D text done! It has been a huge pain in the ***, even in fast draft working on these ray-traced compositions is very laggy. I've gone and tweaked all my settings, I cut layers off where they don't show, and use fast draft previews always.
I would be happy at least to get better final rendering time, but could I get some useful tips on actually improving this ridiculous performance?
Yes, I am aware that there is Nvidia only support for actually using(guess what) the graphics card. I really think Adobe shouldn't go around claiming to be the best in the world when they can't even properly utilize the TeraFlops of power lying around in my systems. :\