I don't have photos but i was able to test the orbx scene and got :
M3 MBP 14" max 40 gpu = 14 seconds
M2 Ultra studio 60 gpu = 16 seconds

i was using the latest standalone though and not the 2022.1 release.

How many cores in that M3 Max result? 30 or 40 ect? as the Mac website, when selecting the M3 max there are two variants available for purchase!

why in this version , ican't render finally and don't save my Passes in EXR(octane)
always my render stuck in passes render


i have had this when using custom AOV's / comping in octane, i originally thought it was a deadline issue but turning off "show passes" when doing the final render seems ...

In the custom AOV node editor, when adding a new node it seems to mess up the current placement of nodes, i was using comment boxes, so maybe something to do with that? - cheers!

Posting a reply to compliment the test i did in the 2020 release ( https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=73352&p=374861#p374861 (RTX shaved a whole minute off the render ! ))

Great speedup with the Multicore material conversion

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Loving this release

Here is a speed comparison using the multi-core material speed up and RTX
191219_bottle_test.png

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Multi-threaded material conversion, thread count=30
threads:0
Export materials time= 425.308 ms
Collect ...

Working wonderfully so far, here are a couple of tests and a video of the new denoiser

64 samples for both :

https://i.imgur.com/17tZrrQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1gfhoem.jpg

Thanks for the hard work :D

video : Noise test with Raw - Denoise w/ non-static noise - Denoise w/ static noise - Raw ...

Amazing work as always ! :D works great with my 2080, doesn't seem to like my GTX 970 though, in either standalone or C4D - Error returned = There is no cuda device which is selected.
Win 10 1803
Driver 417.71

Ta.
Sorry, it's not really clear what you mean. Are you saying that you can't select ...

Amazing work as always ! works great with my 2080, doesn't seem to like my GTX 970 though, in either standalone or C4D - Error returned = There is no cuda device which is selected.
Win 10 1803
Driver 417.71

Ta.

I had this issue also on that version, i've not had it a single time when using the latest V4 XB3 release though.