> hello,
I was checking on the page
http://render.otoy.com/faqs.php about Hardware and Software,
and since I didn't see any thing about the NVIDIA Tesla K10, I was wondering if you had any information about how Octane should work on it ? is it kind of officially supported ?
I know you are busy with more important things on the c4d development
thanks in advance !
yann
NVIDIA Tesla K10
Moderators: ChrisHekman, aoktar
yes, the Tesla K10 has compute capability 3.0 so it should work in octane.
There is a list of GPU's and their compute capabilities here: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus
Anything 2.0+ should work with the latest octane.
There is a list of GPU's and their compute capabilities here: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus
Anything 2.0+ should work with the latest octane.
are You going to buy that one? or already have it?..
Tesla K10 is GK104 based - dual GPU card very similar to GTX 690, but instead of 2x2GB (like GTX card has) Tesla holds 2x4GB under the hood.
Even if it's written on the card it has 8GB of vRam, You can only use 4GB, as scene should fit into both 4GB portions (that's the downside of dual GPUs).
So is it any good deal? (for Octane Render) well it depends..if You have it or can get for very low price (500$) might be pretty nice, but..for asking price of 2000$ You can get way more power & vram:
* Let's say TitanBlack will be around as fast as this Tesla, for half the price (~1000$)..
* TitanZ will be almost twice as fast for about the same (though it will occupy 3slots instead of two).
Pluss consider that even if TitanBlack has 6GB of vRam, You can fit 50% bigger scenes than in Tesla (that has not 8GB, but 2x4GB =) as TitanZ is dual card with 12GB, effective amount of vRam for Octane is 2x6GB - so value perspective..that Tesla is horrible deal for Octane =) unless You need what it could offer for other applications..(ECC ram, optimised drivers, etc..)
Tesla K10 is GK104 based - dual GPU card very similar to GTX 690, but instead of 2x2GB (like GTX card has) Tesla holds 2x4GB under the hood.
Even if it's written on the card it has 8GB of vRam, You can only use 4GB, as scene should fit into both 4GB portions (that's the downside of dual GPUs).
So is it any good deal? (for Octane Render) well it depends..if You have it or can get for very low price (500$) might be pretty nice, but..for asking price of 2000$ You can get way more power & vram:
* Let's say TitanBlack will be around as fast as this Tesla, for half the price (~1000$)..
* TitanZ will be almost twice as fast for about the same (though it will occupy 3slots instead of two).
Pluss consider that even if TitanBlack has 6GB of vRam, You can fit 50% bigger scenes than in Tesla (that has not 8GB, but 2x4GB =) as TitanZ is dual card with 12GB, effective amount of vRam for Octane is 2x6GB - so value perspective..that Tesla is horrible deal for Octane =) unless You need what it could offer for other applications..(ECC ram, optimised drivers, etc..)