I attempted to try Octane but was incredibly disappointed.

For the price they are asking, I would expect the DS plug in to be handled more professionally. Instead it's a professional price, with an amateur execution.

$400 purchase and I was requesting a refund within six hours of the sale.

To just stick to the facts...

The plug in is way out of date compared to the main program. And has no time of release, estimated or promised. It also doesn't work with a pretty large segment of the recent NVIDIA cards.

If you are going to go the Octane route, then make sure you read all of the fine print. Check out the forum. Use the stand alone demo and test it out. Sadly there is no demo of the DS plug in to test.

Just make sure you make an informed purchase and not a spur of the moment one.