Octane Renderer, baby!

Stinkie · 10 Jan 2010, 22:35

Now this is looking promising! Whoa!

EarthMover · 10 Jan 2010, 22:50

Definitely does. And it's affordable!!!!!!! http://www.refractivesoftware.com/purchase.html

Buying during beta will be 99 Euros and when fully released will only by 199 euros. I'm definitely getting in line for this one. Looks awesome!!!

Also, according to this...demo will be released in a week - http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=55

Thankfully I got the CUDA card with my laptop!

Stinkie · 10 Jan 2010, 23:00

@earthmover said:

Thankfully I got the CUDA card with my laptop!

Regrettably, I got an ATI card, so I can't take the demo for a spin when it's out. Keep us posted, will ya?

solo · 10 Jan 2010, 23:02

Febuary it will be available fro 99 Euros.

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/faq.html

I was too slow.

I'm stoked as I got a few Geforce 280's lying around.

Stinkie · 10 Jan 2010, 23:16

Show-off.

solo · 10 Jan 2010, 23:23

LOL, but I get the Euro to $ exchange... we are even.

pilou · 10 Jan 2010, 23:27

Funny I was on another 3D forum where was the conceptor who announce his product and in one hour the news has made the round of the earth!
That is the buzz (I have made a little part of it

solo · 11 Jan 2010, 00:05

Remember the Hypershot hype?, I'd like to see some archvis renders and work-flow before totally jumping on the bandwagon.

EarthMover · 11 Jan 2010, 00:11

@solo said:

LOL, but I get the Euro to $ exchange... we are even.

LOL ain't that the truth!! I'm really excited about this software. Hopefully it can handle some polys. Realtime unbiased that can run fast on my laptop is a perfect solution for me. Time will tell though.

remus · 11 Jan 2010, 08:25

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.html

GPU based interactive unbiased renderer. The video gives a good idea of what its all about.

Frederik · 11 Jan 2010, 08:29

You're a little late , remus...

remus · 11 Jan 2010, 08:31

How embarrassing

Stinkie · 11 Jan 2010, 08:31

Too slow, young man!

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=25051

Edit: same, apparently, goes for me.

solo · 11 Jan 2010, 09:42

I believe it will, see this render:

Rendered with displacement, 3 million+ polygons

I heard that the developer is ex Luxrender/Indigo btw.

thomthom · 11 Jan 2010, 10:43

hm... at my office they just gave me a new computer -with an ATI card... my old had an Quadro FX 3500,...

solo · 11 Jan 2010, 10:49

Thomas, do you have a second PCIe slot? if yes get yourself a second card, run you machine with ATI card and renderer with Nvidea card.

notareal · 11 Jan 2010, 10:56

@thomthom said:

hm... at my office they just gave me a new computer -with an ATI card... my old had an Quadro FX 3500,...

There seems to be a efforts to make Lux render port to OpenCL (nice timing comparing to this commercial product of radiance (former Lux render leader)). I bet there will be other low cost GPU renders available soon.

thomthom · 11 Jan 2010, 11:23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA <- is that list up to date?
My old Geforce 8800 GT is on that list - but I don't see the Quadro FX 3500 of my older work computer...

Mike Lucey · 11 Jan 2010, 12:17

Ahhh, but it was Remus' birthday yesterday so his reactions may not be a quick a normal

PS: this comment was referring to the topic that Remus started elsewhere. I'll leave it.

solo · 11 Jan 2010, 12:24

Looks like we are at the threshold of a new era in rendering, it's about time the awesome power of the GPU got involved.

I believe one needs the Cuda sdk in order for this to work, which may make it a little tricky with Mac's correct?