Quote - > Quote - Few weeks ago I've spoke with friend if I can use his PC for test render with his 3DS MAX and V-RAY,he said sure and here is my latest render,still is not finished or is not there,but in this render I've not used any light(only dome with V-RAY HDRI and texture of the sky),now I will be getting student version of the 3DS MAX and V-RAY student version too,which should be OK for testing and if I woudl be happy then I will be buying full version of both. Lights in 3DS MAX I was thought so is hard,its not and really looking at tutorials over on Youtube is worth it in my view,shame people for Poser Pro not doing such tutorials 

I've considered like you are Octane,but I know for my scenes I would need 6GB GPU and this will cost me more in the end than I've originally thought so

Jura - Those are some great renders!!!

Just thought I might mention that you can't judge the amount of VRAM you will need for Octane by the amount of RAM used in Poser or size of the file. The SiFi image above took over 5Gb of RAM in DS, but took less than 2Gb of VRAM for Octane to render it. So a 6Gb Titan isn't required, unless your rendering really large scenes.

But if you need a Titan, at $1,000 US, plus ~$450 for Qctane and the Poser plugin your cost still less than the annual cost of the full version of 3DS Max and Vray ($1,840+$494 per year, every year you want to use them). I run Octane on a laptop with a Geforce 670M (about the same as a 560 in a desktop) with 3Gb of VRAM and have been very happy with the performance. I still haven't maxed out the VRAM, mainly due to the texture slot limitations (my card is Fermi based - so I can only have 64 color texture maps). The VRAM and texture limitations should go away with Octane V2, there will be an option to use system RAM to supplement VRAM (with a hit on performance).

Of course if Octane or Lux don't work for you, then your options are a bit more limited (though you are getting great results with Firefly). Vue Esprit (or better) might be a less expensive option. But if you want to use Poser Fusion, then your limited to some fairly expensive software. Good luck with 3DS Max and Vray, it looks like your off to a great start.

 

Hi there

 

Thanks for kind comment

I've got already GTX560Ti 2GB and I've tried already Octane on my computer with few renders,but in my case,I would need better GPU.My scene are very large and usualy consist from 2 or more V4 with SSS,fully clothed etc,several props like Stonemason and other bits and pieces,I've been considering Octane now for about the 4 months,but still I just don't think for me its worth it

And about the 3DS MAX and V-Ray,as I said I'm considering V-RAY and 3DS MAX,I will be getting EDU version of both and will see if its OK or not,I know V-RAY is more for architecture than for human rendering,but with few tweaks can make nice renders,I've done several renders,which I will post soon as I will be with my friend(he have them on his PC)

Agree 3DS MAX is very expensive and with V-RAY we are talikng about the crazy money,this subscription not sure if I would need,I know from my personal experience I wouldn't need that

I've spoke in good lenghts with my friend and he said,this subscription is good if you are or I'm pro and I'm doing this as pro,but as for home user,he said,I wouldn't need that,but still I'm considering to buy older 2012 or 2013 version of the 3DS MAX,those new are quiet expensive and V-RAY too I will be using for now EDU version with EDU version of the 3DS MAX,hope so there is no watermark,if yes then,I'm back at square one

Thamks,Jura