Yes, you can still use your "cpu only" with Iray, the same why 3dlight does. However renders will take a bit longer. But there are those who are using cpu only and getting decent times and results. All depends on your scene. The end result in terms of quality will be the same, only time is affected without an nvidia gpu.

Decent times? are we talking hours ....or days? Its slow render times that have been dragging me. I have Reality and ...guh...I tend to work in 8000x6000 and anywhere from 72dpi to 300dpi....

To correct the misinformation. Nvidia's Iray does do SSS and it is available from within DAZ Studio. And the 'misinformation' is why so many DAZzies show up in these areas.

OK perhaps I can get a clear answer(without having to read pages of a seeming temper tantrum going on)
Sotto on DA said I do not need the NVIDIA card to use the new DS...is this true?

I think its called content mirror? I am not sure, I do not use DS...though this morning I got the inbox about the new GPU render DS and went to it...but...its INVIDA only....:( again, making a product that is limiting.:(!

OH thankies. And from what I know you can mirror a figure. i cant remember what it is called but I was told you can :S

BRILLIANT! thank you so much!!!

 For me the best texture I have found yet is 3DA Agatha by 3DArena certainly not a air brushed babe.  It may might be to your liking but it could be a starting point as it was for me.

OH I like her! those are the details I am looking for!

I have added detail to many of them by taking another bump map and editing it.

You can add a lot of detail to any character by doing this. 

There are ways of doing complete procedural details, but it is rather complex and requires a huge network of nodes to do so accurately.

As an example, you can use two wave2D nodes as the basis to add or replace detail to just the nipples on a character. 

This is a nipple bump example on V3 with 8k textures. It modifies the original bump used, but only shows part of the shader..

The entire character can be done like this, but it is a lot of work.

The texture that has given me fits uses the wave node from the looks of it and when I render at 6000+ it looks horrid. it has no appearance of anything close to human skin. No pores, no soft lines around the eyelids, no creases around the mouth...it just looks like squiggles all over her skin

Unfortunately there are not very many of them that would fall under realistic. It requires rather large maps due to how most characters are UV mapped.

And with large maps, you have to do large renders to show the detail.

I tend to render at 6000+ x 8000+

So rendering large is not an issue. I just wish some realistic skin textures would appear. Those delicate details make an image. I just wish they were more of them. Everything seems to be botox, skin pealed, poreless, marble like skin. its not human.

Thank you both!! it has really helped!

 Now it looks more like a Crimi-Clown episode.

What a disgrace.
A BIG Hiep Hiep Hoeraaa for the 4 year oldish webmaster that will succeed to chase everybody out before Christmas.

I will NOT answer questions until the format is restored to a usable layout.

This is ridiculous.

I hate the look. Its too...it is just annoying.

Sorry to hear that, baggins, the design mess is one thing but deleting the work you put in here is something else.
I hope whetever it is makes make you think it's deleted, turns out to be just a fixable cock-up!
Did  miss something? o.0

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/?thread_id=2803439  Oh brilliant! thank you BB. I really wish I had your brains.

Quote - When you print a copy of hairstyle and tell the beautician "I want this!"

I have actually done this for my wedding.....>.<

When you wish that you could just "change the shaders" for an outfit or your hair.

Quote - I worked on these years ago with carrie58 :D

they work fine in poser

http://www.sharecg.com/v/42205/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Koi-Character-byToru-Miyazawa-Modified-with-permi

search sharecg under DAZ Studio for koi

carrie did several sets of textures for them

Bill

they look PERFECT! thank you!!