I optimised and enhanced the Classroom scene that was provided by face to test the Octane4Soft plugin and because it's christmas time I thought it would be a good idea to share this scene:
http://www.bb3d.net/media/Classroom_Octane.7z

The scene was created with Softimage 2013 SP1 and Octane plugin ...

Wait... you implemented object motionblur, although Octane does not support it yet?
And are those cubes instances? Will 1.02 support instances finally?

Those are the best outdoor renderings I've seen for a long time
Would be nice to get some more information. Which render kernel was used, how long did it render?

Does that mean, that the integrated plugin still uses OBJ to transfer the data to the renderer?

Hi, I am applying for the second time now
I am a Softimage user since version 1.0 and would love to test the beta plugin.

I am very happy to notice, that there is progress on this integrated plugin. Keep going Stephan, we count on you!

Thank you very much for this test. Now it would be interesting to make a comparison based on the benchmark scene, so we could see the relation to the Fermi-based cards in this thread:
http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum ... f=9&t=7383

Nobody can foresee how well Octane will perform on Kepler cards in the future, because CUDA 5 isn't out yet.
As a customer I would buy GTX 5x0 now, because they give you the best bang for the buck and are reliable. Around end of this year the situation will be much clearer and the prices for GTX 6x0 ...

@Roeland:
Thank you very much for keeping us updated, it's highly appreciated !
The instancing renderings look very promising.
It seems that things are heading in the right direction. With instancing + CUDA 5 + integrated plugins there is a good chance, that Octane will just blow away most other ...

Now it's official:
http://www.legitreviews.com/news/13138/
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2246084

There are 2 Tesla models - the K10 with 2x GK104 (available soon) and the K20 with 1x GK110 (available Q4 2012).
The interesting thing is, that Nvidia uses the "gaming chip" GK104 also ...