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That's a great demo Padi - I am now convinced! Just need to decide whether to get an M1 or M2 now or wait until the M3 Ultra drops...

Question about mac/pc network rendering: Does Octane use the unified memory from the mac i.e. up to 128GB or is it restricted to the card(s) in the PC i.e. 24GB on a 3090/4090?

Hi,
since the mac is the primary workstation, it is using the max VRAM with unified memory in Apple Silicon.
If the scene goes over ~20GB of used VRAM, the Render-Node can fail, but you can enable the Out-of-core in the Render-Node, to have more room.
Obviously, always better to have the whole scene completely loaded in VRAM, without Out-of-core active.

ciao,
Beppe

Hey all, is there anywhere I can see Octane Bench results for MacBook Pros running the base M3, vs the M3 Pro and Max?

I just bought an M3 MacBook Air for personal use (not rendering) but am wondering if I should return it and go for a MacBook Pro with the M3 Max chip. I'd then be able to use it for 3D work when I'm 'on the go'. I use a PC for my 3D work, with 2 x 3090s. I loaded a scene which takes 28 seconds for my PC to render a frame of... it took my M3 MacBook Air 44 minutes! So unless the M3 Max is vastly superior then I'd probably stick with the MacBook Air and rule out doing much/any 3D work on it. Thanks!

Hi,
please follow this link and share your result with M3 base, and I'll update the chart.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=75411&start=1320#p421617

M3 Max result is ~15".


Anyway, please consider that Apple Silicon is always slower in rendering, compared with CUDA, but it is faster in all the other tasks (eg AI Denoiser), and with 2024.1-Alpha versions you can use both 2x RTX 3090 via Net render.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=75411&start=1580#p430565

ciao,
Beppe

Thanks Beppe, here's my result with an M3 MacBook Air, 16GB - 51 seconds

bepeg4d wrote:@Chris. I have written you a Private Message.

@shtl_1: sorry I have wrongly shared the Win version, I have corrected the link in my original post.
If c4doctane is not loaded, it means that you need to upgrade C4D to R2023.2 build, or c4doctane plugin cannot work correctly, please go to your MyMaxon/Downloads page and download the update.

ciao,
Beppe

upgrading C4D to R2023.2 build or ensuring the compatibility of the c4doctane plugin is crucial for its proper functioning.GB WhatsApp Download

jc0 wrote:Thanks Beppe, here's my result with an M3 MacBook Air, 16GB - 51 seconds

Thanks!

Roughly more than 3x faster than M1 base!

Here is the updated chart:


ciao,
Beppe

I've just got a mac mini M2 Pro and I'm having trouble setting up Octane Network rendering. On my PC I've installed the OctaneRender Studio+ 2023.1.2 Daemon, set to the default port of 48000.

On the mac mini, I have c4d running the Octane 2023.1.2-[R6] plug-in.

When I open the live viewer and choose Network Rendering>Settings, nothing happens. If I go to render settings>Octane Renderer>Network Preferences, nothing happens.

The two machines are plugged in using ethernet to a Netgear gigabit switch.

Where am I going wrong?

OK, found out I needed to have the 2024_Alpha_3 installed on the Mac.

Now I can open the network preferences but not sure what's wrong: