because the connection between system ram and the GPU is way too slow.

I'm also a renderer user not a programmer but couldn't it be like normal renderers. I fly along when my scene fits in ram but if I overspill I go slow because the software is managing my resources and using the hard disk as ...

Well when you can buy 8GB of system ram for less than a 2GB card then you have to think that this next gen of cards will be price heavy.

A 4GB quadro FX is stupid money...

First of all big congratulations on pulling Octane together. Its a massive achievement and I can imagine the work you've put in has been time consuming and complex.

Its win win for us renderheads, we have a new horse in the unbiased race and the interest that Octane is generating is spurring on ...