You ask for better settings but don't show yours? Funny :D

Two things - you obviously use A LOT of displacement and your emitter is inside a glass orb. Especially the second one is not a good idea. Plus, did you use fake shadows in the glass material?

Was just following a YouTube tutorial. I did ...

Win7/64 | GEFORCE GTX1060| i7 7700 | 32GB - all drivers are up to date

Octane v4.0

Hi guys,

I'm new to the 3D scene so I apologize for lack of knowledge here.

Octane liveviewer is taking a long time to render out previews - I believe with my current setup that it shouldn't be taking anywhere ...