used to be a gpu renderer called gelato as well licensed by nVidia.
On 31 January 2014 16:09, Ola Madsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Autodesk have chosen to only implement iRay (the part of Mental Ray that > can utilize the GPUs) in 3DS Max. > > > > There's an "old" thread about implementing it yourself at > > http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1948&hilit=iray > > > > But if you want to use GPU rendering in Soft I'd recommend you have a look > at Redshift instead. https://www.redshift3d.com/ > > > > So to summarize. No, soft will not render any waster regardless of which > card you get. > > > > Cheers > > Ola > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Rivera > *Sent:* Friday, January 31, 2014 3:57 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Nvidia GTX 660 and Softimage 2012/ 2014 > > > > Hi everyone. Yesterday I was talking to a coleague and he mentioned that a > gamming card inside > > my cpu will "render" no difference against the GTX 660 I already have > installed for softimage 2012, > > since CUDA wasn´t fully supported in that version of mental ray. > > > > So I wonder if I get the chance to install softimage 2014, how do I need > to configure mentalray > > to use and abuse the CUDA power of the card? Will my renders go faster? > > Or I should definetly go the road of a Quadro card? > > > > Cheers. > > David. >
