Just making a little show and i got a little question.

I got 6 Sunstrips and doing some chases to those.
Only thing is that my FPS goes down a lot. Basic on/off chase with wave pattern takes my fps down to 10-12fps. And it's a bit hard to see how that chase behaves.

my computer specs are:
Intel Q9400 2.66Ghz
8Gb DDR3
Nvidia 680GT
SSD hard drive
Windows 7

Lighting console is Compulite Vector Ultra violet.

So my question is.
Can i make renders any faster with any kind of tweak?
Or should i buy some new hardware?

my CPU usage was about 10% when rendered and GPU was about 60% or so. but still a lot of resources to use. I can take 20 moving heads and do anykind of FXs with moves, but when it comes to dimmer chase it eats up my FPS.

thanks.