Afrodite-Ohki opened this issue on Mar 31, 2023 ยท 2000 posts
vopehov506 posted Tue, 18 April 2023 at 8:11 AM
While making these renders, actually just test renders I also measured the power consumption of poser 13 when using the superfly this gives an Idea on how much a render will cost on your budget even if they are not quiet final.
So with an average computer ( Desktop ) i7-11700K equipped with 64 ram and a Dual RTX3060 the consumption of power was a little more then 3kwh. meaning that these 5 test renders cost about 1$ in a household. I do not even want to test how much it would be for a final render at higher size.
The computer gives it all turning to full power mode. Compared to older versions or other rendering apps ( DS not included ) it sure is a bummer, making this hobby to be really expensive for sure. I do not want to imagine a final render that is running overnight and at daytime to be prepared with some testing, with this sort of engine it would cause household costs of 3-4$ for just one render
Using the Firefly engine you would not even notice a change on your daily consumption, witch naturally makes you think twice if you are willing to spend this much for just one render.
I have no Idea what is causing such a consumption peak that will end up on your bill, but for sure is a bummer .... also considering if the quality is really worth the amount you are using so I guess it was the last time I ran the superfly render in Poser this saves me allot that I can spend for better things.