ssgbryan posted at 4:35 PM Wed, 31 August 2022 - #4443750

A new PC now is a LOT cheaper than a Mac Studio - those start at 1,999USD.

That's true.  And we can most likely debate until we're blue in the face about which is better: a cheap ass PC or an expensive as all hell Mac.  But the main reason that I buy Apple is that I like the product -- not the price tag.  They have been exceedingly reliable for me.  I have purchased 3 Macs in about 20 years.  That's roughly 1 computer every 6.5 years.  Whereas, my past experience with PCs over that same period of time is that they die horrid deaths usually after 3 to 4 years.  So I would have to purchase nearly twice as many PCs to get the same life expectancy as I have the Mac.  Now that's just my experience.  I'm sure others have had better and worse experiences on both sides.  But either way, doesn't matter.  I will stick with what has worked for me until it doesn't.  When it doesn't work, then I will take it out behind the barn and put it down just like I did my last PC 20 years ago. ;)

Right now, I like the Mac Studio and would like to get one at some point.  But if my software is not going to run properly on that platform, then I will have to rethink it.  I don't need an expensive paper weight.  Right now I don't want to purchase either a new PC or a Mac Studio.  I want to find a bandaid measure to last until I see which way the wind is blowing and then decide if I'm forced to return to PC architecture or if Silicon will be fully supported in the future and of course, what it's performance is relative to other options.

In the meantime, I was hoping to know if anyone has used a third party render engine with Poser that might be compatible with Radeon or M1 GPUs.  Octane looks like an option for M1.  Does anyone know of any others?  Does anyone use a render Pipeline that isn't Poser based?

Thanks.