Long Animation Render Times

I am currently working on rendering a ~30 second animation at 720x404. I understand that rendering an animation is a very involved process, but my computer (specs below) will take about 30 hours to complete this animation. This seems excessive to me.

Are there any suggested settings or any other ideas to help improve the performance of the animation render process?

Computer specs:
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
6gb Memory (need to get more)
Dual CPU - Intel Xeon E5504 @ 2.00ghz.

Thanks,
-cs

NOTE: I tried to attach the model but the system wouldnt let me.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Silvy on June 28, 2011 at 6:47pm

Hi Al,

Any further word on the implementation of active section planes in animations? I am keen for this functionality to be included in a future release as i want to finalise my animation in the next month.

regards,

Michael