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From: Phil (PHILBO)
10 Jan 2010   [#3] In reply to [#2]
The best bang for the buck is the GTX 260 currently.
From: Ralf-S
10 Jan 2010   [#4]
Hi Phil,

Where can I order? :)
From: Phil (PHILBO)
10 Jan 2010   [#5] In reply to [#4]
It's not for sale yet, but there will be a demo available next week. Keep watching the website and we'll post when it's available for purchase.

You can review the FAQ here that will answer many other things as well.

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/faq.html
From: Ralf-S
10 Jan 2010   [#6]
Thank you Phil.
I have already registered in the forum...
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10 Jan 2010   [#7]
Appetizing!
I have made yet some publicity on the French Forums or no French where I am ;)
From: David (BLEND3D)
10 Jan 2010   [#8]
Argh... My laptop uses an Nvida GO 7600.... No cuda for me :(
From: Frenchy Pilou (PILOU)
10 Jan 2010   [#9]
Funny the buzz make the round of the Earth in one hour! :)
You are now everywhere! :D
From: Samuel Zeller
10 Jan 2010   [#10] In reply to [#9]
I hope the company behind Octane is strong and doesn't fail to fullfill all the request/support/bugs :)
If so it will be a major competitor in the rendering field. Im waiting for the beta.

(Im registred with the username "Sam" in the forum)
From: Michael Gibson
10 Jan 2010   [#11] In reply to [#1]
Hi Phil, I checked out the video and it looks like a very interesting renderer, quite unique to have something like this at an accessible price!

- Michael
From: Michael Gibson
10 Jan 2010   [#12] In reply to [#1]
Right now it kind of seems semi "Power user" oriented, lots of stuff to tweak which is cool but have you also considered a kind of hypershot-esque stuff for people who don't have much background in rendering?

That would maybe be something like bundling a variety of HDRs for lighting setups, making it more prominent in the UI to browse through them, stuff like that...

Although I guess since you are focused on users with CUDA cards looking for high performance, a "power user" is a good fit with that.

- Michael
From: Anis
11 Jan 2010   [#13] In reply to [#12]
Interesting link about Hypershot : http://develop3d.com/blog/2010/01/bunkspeed-the-future
From: neo
11 Jan 2010   [#14]
radiance's new baby looks cool indeed :) Phil I have 3 CUDA cards on my Mac Pro waiting for Demo...:)

I can see Octane Render becoming a must have for product vizualisation and archviz too when the ram management becomes more solid...
From: neo
11 Jan 2010   [#15] In reply to [#13]
>Interesting link about Hypershot : http://develop3d.com/blog/2010/01/bunkspeed-the-future

how dishonest is that? I always thought HyperShot is the most over priced, rookies only piece of software....
From: jbshorty
11 Jan 2010   [#16]
Wow, looks nice! Good luck with this Philbo! I'm glad to see Radiance has been working on a commercial product. I had no idea this was under development. Also it's really well priced and perfectly timed with both the arrival of Thea and the questionable future of Hypershot.

My GTX280 is waiting to test this. One question i have, does this use only HDRI lighting? Or there is user-created lights as well?

jonah

EDIT - Just noticed it has emissive material properties, so that answers my question about lighting... :)
From: PaQ
11 Jan 2010   [#17]
Hi Phil,

This looks promizing,

Are there any restriction with the .obj comming from MoI ? I mean, is it possible to use ngones ? Are the vertex normals fully translated ? Except Maya, .obj are really a problem with this ngone/normals stuffs, whatever you use 3dsmax, modo or lightwave ... without talking about uv's limitation too (only one channel).

Are you planning to extend the files support ? (true .3dm import with tesselation on the fly, .lwo, .fbx) ?

I'm also really curious to see more complex indirect lighting scenario, and how long it takes to render to clean the noise.

As a final note, there is something a little bit strange with the textures from actual examples provided ... I'm not a technical guy, but they looks really blured/washed/compressed ... there is this kind of realtime texture feeling about it, maybe it's the filtering I don't know. (I know it's still in alpha)
From: Rudl
11 Jan 2010   [#18] In reply to [#16]
What is a CUDA card. I have a MacBookPro. Does it have a CUDA card.

Rudl
From: Ralf-S
11 Jan 2010   [#19]
CUDA-Enabled Products: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html
From: neo
11 Jan 2010   [#20] In reply to [#18]
>What is a CUDA card. I have a MacBookPro. Does it have a CUDA card.

I also have MacBookPro with 9600M GT (CUDA-enabled)... BUT that card could only render TEAPOTS :) if you know what I mean.
From: Samuel Zeller
11 Jan 2010   [#21] In reply to [#20]
Well I also have MacBookPro with a 9600M GT and its already faster than Quad core at 2.4ghz (Q6600)
According to this graph
http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1150#p1150

That mean you can render like 4 time the ammount of teapots in the same ammount of time !!!
From: Rudl
11 Jan 2010   [#22]
My MacBookPro is a little bit older and has only the 8600M GT in it.

Is it worth to give this renderer a try.

Rudl

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