I already owned the Octane Standalone and I am about to purchase the beta plugin for modo when I read in the T&C that this purchase will be for Octane v1.xx and beta plug-ins will allow a reduced upgrade cost to v2.0.

I understand Octane v2 may be just round the corner. When v2 is out does that ...

That is one possibility that had crossed my mind but it would not be anytime soon.
But while we are on this topic, in case I finally decided a PC is a better way to go .... say sometime later this year, is there a possibility for me to switch my copy of Octane Render from a Mac version to a PC ...

It's disheartening to hear almost everybody here discussing about GTX 480 and other Fermi cards whereas the Mac users are left high and dry with only a GTX285. And even that is as good as considered discontinued since many vendors are not stocking this card (I know it can still be had at ebay and ...

p3taoctane,
Did you get the card directly from Apple? I'm also considering this card since this seems to be the only GTX for the mac but most resellers' site indicate this card is not on their stock.
Do you mind sharing from where did you order this card?

Could you continue to post here about the ...

Any comparison is only meaningful if they are apple to apple.
modo is biased and Octane is unbiased.
I would also like to know the answer to CGicore's question but I would appreciate if the comparison can be broken down into:
1) modo (biased) vs Octane (biased)
2) modo (biased) vs Octane (unbiased)

Love the texture and lighting.
Were the textures done in modo or Octane?

I understand the reasons for reorganizing the forums, but I agree with cecofuli that ideally everyone should be able to see everything, with only licensed customers allowed to post in the licensed sections. This would allow the support team to handle posts with the correct priority AND allow ...

Finally its here. The wait for an OSX version is over for me.
Thanks Radiance and your team.

I love the new site too. For starters its more colorful and the blue is OK for me too

Thanks Radiance.
I see a slightly darker tinge of blue now and it is much better already.
Before this I had to sort of strain my eyes. Maybe its partly due to my Astigmatism.

Okay, now I can read without my glasses Just kidding.

Orange on gray is worse, I saw this in some documentation, my brain almoste exploded when I tried to read it.

http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1774&mode=view

Maybe its meant to be read with 3D glasses on? :lol:
Sorry, no offense meant to the poster of that orange ...