An enterprising visitor has posted footage of Cebas’s presentation of finalRender 4GPU at Siggraph 2011. (Warning: it’s handheld footage, and the sound is a bit hissy.)
The update to the 3ds Max render engine features Cebas’s new trueHybrid technology, using both CPUs and CUDA-derived GPU-based raytracing to accelerate renders.
In the demo, including the GPU in the calculation cuts render time of the test scene from 46 to 20 seconds.
finalRender 4GPU is still in development, and no commercial release date has yet been announced.
Read Cebas’s press announcement about finalRender 4GPU
Tags: 3ds max, cebas, demo, finalRender 4GPU, GPU acceleration, Siggraph 2011, video
smax said:
Wow at last guys who understood how to use GPU the best way…. not doing an alternative renderer but ACCELERATING (even if it’s not x5 or x10) traditionnal biased or unbiased renderers.
Great Positionning, I wish Vray RT and Vray would merge in a Vray 4GPU.
Same for Iray, I mean GPU is meant to BOOST traditionnal pipelines.
1:20 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
smax said:
Wow at last guys who understood how to use GPU the best way…. not doing an alternative renderer but ACCELERATING (even if it’s not x5 or x10) traditionnal biased or unbiased renderers.
Great Positionning, I wish Vray RT and Vray would merge in a Vray 4GPU.
Same for Iray, I mean GPU is meant to BOOST traditionnal pipelines.
We prefer robust but slower boosts rather than x10 cuts in rendering but buggy and all….
1:23 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
qholmes said:
What was the video card that was used in this example? Just wondering for thoughts on upgrading video hardware on my render nodes..
12:52 pm on Friday, August 19, 2011