Atron opened this issue on Jan 18, 2010 · 32 posts
EricNV posted Tue, 23 February 2010 at 12:54 PM
A question I have for anybody looking at GPU rendering is how do you plan to utilize OctaneRender's multi GPU-enhanced features once they're activated during beta or version 1? Seems to me you have to add a graphics card to your existing hardware setup just to be able to view and use other applications while OctaneRender is doing its job. (OctaneRender gobbles up GPU memory)
In other words, if I want to scale-up GPU render performance in a multi-GPU config with a 200 euro software product, I've got to spend $1500+ to get a PC with Core i5 / i7+ CPU(s), adequate memory and disk capacity, multiple full-length PCIex16 slots with an adequate power supply, plus the graphics cards themselves.
Am I off-base here?
Eric