I thought I just upgraded the driver this week, but...most likely this is it. I didn't even think of that at 3am :)
I'll give that a go when I return home. Thanks! On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 5:10 AM, Rob Chapman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Patrick, I downloaded the latest trail last night at home of redshift > and after the first render of just a grid it gave me the same render error > as you about not enough vram - I also have a 560TI. I was one version > behind on latest nvidia drivers - updated to latest and redshift then > worked fine. super fast strands rendering! > > On 24 October 2014 10:13, Angus Davidson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Patrick >> >> Did you install the CUDA drivers? All GPU renderers need to have them >> before they will work. >> >> You can have a look at Royal Render. I am not sure if they still allow >> 4 fully functional trial licences. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Angus >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Patrick Neese [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 24 October 2014 10:05 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? >> >> So I downloaded the redshift demo...and it errors out right away with >> a message about it being unable to operate with less than 256mb of free >> vram. All of the values other than the card type are at 0 or 0kb. Any >> ideas? >> >> I have a gtx 560 ti i believe with 1 gig. No sli setup. >> I was looking to upgrade to the 970 gtx near black friday but I was >> really hoping I could get a preview of redshift soon to help decide on >> maybe a next level workstation card if it would greatly help. >> >> Backburner's server.exe refuses to run on my second computer so I cant >> even try anything there and see if there is a way to queue an mi2 file. >> >> This is fun! >> On Oct 23, 2014 1:27 PM, "Jason S" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Pssst!! Redshift (!) ;) >>> >>> On 10/23/14 11:52, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Patrick Neese <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The reseller I talked with said I have unlimited render nodes for Max >>>>> and Backburner for Mental Ray and to just use that. I don't know what >>>>> shaders can/can't be used for the renders this way from softimage. >>>>> I'm still green with all of this...but at this point at least I don't >>>>> have to buy more from Autodesk. >>>>> >>>> I don't think that this is true, that you can render mi2 files with >>>> 3dsmax/backburner with your suite standalone license. >>>> >>>> In any case, with your softimage standalone license you have the >>>> ability to run 4 satellite render nodes for free, so you should try >>>> that first, see if it helps. >>>> >>>> Since you're a hobbyist, I think you should also ask yourself what >>>> makes your life difficult with rendering what's best to fix it. >>>> Adding more MR render nodes for overnight rendering may not fix the >>>> problem, perhaps you should go with a modern GPU renderer or >>>> something else. >>>> >>> >>> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >>> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >>> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >>> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >>> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on >>> behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content >>> of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may >>> contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not >>> necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, >>> Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are >>> subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the >>> contrary. >> >> >
