Can't say anything about Octane because i just toyed with it. But i really enjoyed Keyshot. Even if you can't really do animation rendering with it other than it's built in srt sytem, it's a very fast CPU based raytracer. Very HDRI oriented. Can't remember if it has lights at all. For all i know i always rendered using ibl. But apart from its obvious drawbacks, it's a very simple and effective choice for product designers and the like.
Of course, Reshift blows all of that to dust given it's tight app integration and gpu rendering speed. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Tim Crowson <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, if I understand correctly, RS does Distributed Monte Carlo, which > is a bit different from Octane's Pathtracing. So you're not going to get an > apples-to-apples comparison between the two. Now, I have Octane as well, > and in my opinion, RS beats it soundly on modest hardware, both in > performance and workflow. As others have said, the mere fact that RS is so > well-integrated into Softimage is a BIG DEAL. I can't wait for multi-GPU > support. > > -Tim > > > > On 4/4/2013 4:12 AM, Doeke Wartena wrote: > > How is redshift compared to octane? > > > 2013/4/4 James De Colling <[email protected]> > >> Welcome to the "pro" card market... I only use quadros because that's >> what the sells we use ship with... Long gone are the days when people cards >> were worth their sticker price >> On Apr 4, 2013 4:28 PM, "olivier jeannel" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I should be out of the office, but will test asap. >>> For the quadro, well it was bundled with the workstation (HP Z620). It's >>> no problem if the quadro is more expensive and produce better performance. >>> It becomes a problem if they are really bellow game cards. >>> Your gtx has more than 400 cores while the 4000 has 256... They are >>> supposed to be stronger when working though... >>> >>> >>> Le 04/04/2013 09:13, Octavian Ureche a écrit : >>> >>>> Here you go: >>>> >>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-4000-us.html >>>> >>>> http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications >>>> >>>> The last one is what i currently have. as you can see, the quadro's >>>> memory bandwith, cuda cores and memory interface are below the gtx. But you >>>> have bigger vram which means you can cram more into the scenes. >>>> Speed wise, given the differences it might be slower at the actual >>>> rendering, but we're talking gpu rendering here so i'm not sure if it's >>>> going to be that much noticeable. >>>> Do a render with both scenes and post your times in the forum. Then >>>> we'll know better how hardware affects the performance. >>>> >>>> To be honest, i always found quadros to be extremely overpriced, but >>>> maybe that's just me. >>>> >>> >>> > > -- > > > > *Tim Crowson > **Lead CG Artist* > > *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. > *2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 > *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com > [email protected] > > *Confidentiality Notice: This email, including attachments, is > confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original > intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error please > inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage > mechanism. Magnetic Dreams, Inc cannot accept liability for any statements > made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of > Magnetic Dreams, Inc or one of its agents.* > > > -- visual | stuff www.okto.ro
