SamCameron wrote:I have some questions here...
-are you going to bring first 2.48 version (for free) and then later on a 2.5 version (comercial)?
-when is going to be available the 2.48?
-is the 2.48 version using all the power of multi-gpu so no more problems with cuda performance using more than one GPU?
-Do you already have a feature list for 2.5v?
1. All these releases are betas during the next weeks, and are all pre v1.0 final.
2. the first 2.48 TEST release was released 2 days ago in the customer only release candidates forum. This is a test release though, and is not recommended for production use, it's for advanced community members to help us iron out issues.
3. the 2.48 and all subsequent releases contain our new, rewritten multi-gpu framework and indeed offer linear speedup, eg 4 GPUs gives you 4x the speed over one.
4. 2.5 will be released in a few days and will be the 'finished and tested' 2.48/49.
Eg, it will be identical to 2.48 feature-wise but will be tested and stable to be released in the general licensed customer forums for use by all commercial users.
2.48 test, 2.48b (coming soon) fixes and more testing, etc...
2.5 in a few days, will be the production version of these, finished, tested and ok for production use.
We will be doing a few more releases during the next few months, introducing more features and in 1-2 months we will go final with v1.0.
dave62 wrote:i just wonder how the new license sytem will work with dualboot system (linux/win). do i have to active octane for the machine or each time i boot a different os?
atm i can easily switch from linux to win without the need of reentering any lic data if it was done once before.
Use of the offline functionality will be subject to having your octane license activated.
Eg, if you want to use one octanelive license on 2 operating systems in offline mode, you will have to activate/deactivate in the same way as now in between. We can't change this as otherwise the system can be cracked/abused.
If you desire use of octane on 2 or more OS'es or workstations at the same time without activation/deactivation, you will need to use 2 licenses.
Radiance