The spits and jet are probably the right tools, but the angle and volume appear to be off. It looks like its just pouring out of a low pressure pipe when it should be jetting out as if from a fire hose, only in pulses instead of a continuous stream.
. I hope this looks a little better.
In Render settings tab -> editor -> Progressive rendering there is couple of options, i usualy use only two min samples/max samples so set min and max samples for example like 15000, you don't have to wait for all these samples to fully complete, just stop render when you okay with result, the only one moment here, probably when you gonna tweak min samples it would be locked to 5000, just click on gear wheel a little above and unmark Use limit option.
The trick to having it render quickly is to keep lights to a minimum and only include those props you require. I use the prop you have used above in order to do quick renders. The scene setup I use is detailed in the thread below. Most of the renders in the thread are using that scene / light setup.
I don't want to play the smart ass here, but I would want to give some precisions/limitations about the technique you describe here.
Wow... I like it alot... Nice model (I have a thing for redhead)...
Firstly, no worries at all in picking up something that I have said that may be in error. Still see myself as much in learning phase as teaching phase.
Are you referring to that individual materials settings? Or the focus on the render settings itself? (I know photography, so the latter is self explanatory)
All the options that are under Render>Optimization (Max Path Lenght, Architectural Sampler & Caustic Sampler) are part of the Iray Engine, meaning that the value are directly given to the Nvidia Iray Engine, so Daz has nothing to do with those values.
