Thank you guys for kind answers. I will contact you if necessary.

Peter

Hello, i would like to ask for help rendering few images on saturday night/sunday/monday. I will prepare scenes tommorow, there will be 4-6 images, each should take 8-12 hours on one gtx580. Since i own only one gtx580 I might be running short on time and i would like to ask for help in advance. 3dx ...

Upgrading from 8GB to 16GB RAM solved problem for me.

If you aleready have motherboard with enough slots and capable PSU, buying new bigtower case would be cheapest solution. Even $100 case like Corsair 500r or can cool 3-4 cards. Just install two additional 140mm side intake fans (default 200mm fan is useless). One note, some bigger motherboards will ...

I have a 2 month old baby and can't afford to drop another $500 into a better video card.
I can imagine hundreds options where money could be spent. But after 12 months of using Octane and considering all associated investments into mobo + GPU + powersource i find it worth every penny. Iam savy ...

Cant wait to see more and in HD. Amazing work.

Yes the first picture is new one. As said its work in progress. I will change sofa and office chairs later. For final render i will add variety of books and other details. I was surprised by short render times (compared to other interiors i did).

For the courtain shader i have used material based ...

Hello leblanc,
while GTS450 is low-end card (approximetly 1/3 in power of gtx580 which majority of people posting here use) I see problem on material/render settings side. Front lights material is too emissive causing lot of fireflies. Placing few invisible lights (lightbanks) around card could ...

First draft of my old room at parents flat which will be used as homeoffice and once in a while as bedroom. I have tried to achieve maximal funcionality and visual impact with low budget on 12m2.

PMC, 6 bounces, 1 hour render. Resized from 6400x3840px to 1200x720px.

It is probably caused by strong sunlight from behind camera, let it cook longer and fireflies will start to disappear. Cechk this tutorial http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=878. And try to use set hotpixel_removal value between 0.4-0.75. 200samples/pixel is too few, you will need ...