I have been playing in Octanes settings to try and ease my pain...

I have found that reducing the samples to 10 speeds things up massively... Once I have a good composition then I can ramp them up and let it work whilst I do something else.

If there are any others out there with a low end card ...

bepeg4d wrote:hi, you can try with this little utility:
http://gfx.io
in theory, if you switch the gpu to "integrated only" , you can leave the gtx 640m only for octane
ciao beppe

Thanks for trying, but that only works on macpros.

..This software will not work very well on laptops and the majority of Apple iMacs.

liquidengine (& other mac lovers)..consider the fact that macs are not the most powerful computers on earth..- their focus is on asthetics & ease of use. - it doesn't matter from what standpoint You're going to ...

When someone goes about investing in a piece of software, those responsible users check the hardware requirements... In your FAQ there is a link right at the top that say's ' you guessed it' - Hardware requirements.
You then go on to show us a little table where you state (and I quote) - 3.0 & 3.5 ...

Hi, I am awfully sorry but the GT 640m is not powerful for GPU rendering.
The 3.0 meant Compute Capability, this has nothing to do with performance, it is a feature set.
"m" is for mobile device and you get only 50% performance as the GT 640 desktop card.
The GT 640 cost 70 €, it is a low end card ...

When someone goes about investing in a piece of software, those responsible users check the hardware requirements... In your FAQ there is a link right at the top that say's ' you guessed it' - Hardware requirements.
You then go on to show us a little table where you state (and I quote) - 3.0 & 3.5 ...

Surely it is the responsibility of Otoy/Octane to ensure any info they link to on their website is NOT misleading, or at least have a big disclaimer stating that the information is probably flawed.
£900 for a machine that cannot useably run Octane - Not happy.
Perhaps someone out there could point ...

I have tried posting in the general discussion, however I am not allowed?!?! I have also unsuccessfully tried to get support for my question. SO apologies in advance if this is the wrong place to ask a question, but I have little choice.
I recently bought an iMac with a 640M Nvidia card after doing ...