Octane with instancing for Kepler

[marcio_max]

Hey Octane team!
There will be a build of Octane instancing for boards with Kepler processors?
Do you believe that the new CUDA 5 will improve the performance of the line GTX 6XXX?

[marcio_max]

CUDA 5 Preview Release Now Available

http://gpuscience.com/software/cuda-5-p ... available/

[kavorka]

I'm guessing the Octane team knows about thins cause this was from mid May.

[marcio_max]

Today I received this e-mail:
Dear CUDA Registered Developer,

The CUDA 5 Release Candidate is now available at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-pre-production.
Now applicable to a broader set of algorithms, CUDA 5 has advanced features and powerful new tools such as NVIDIA® Nsight™,
Eclipse Edition and GPU object linking that make accelerating your code easier than ever.

Learn more about CUDA 5 by registering for an upcoming webinar:

• Introducing CUDA 5: Features and Benefits
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 | 10:00 - 10:30 AM PDT (GMT-7:00)
• Nsight Eclipse Edition: High Productivity IDE for CUDA Development on Linux & MacOS
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT (GMT-7:00)
• GPU Object Linking: Usage and Benefits
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT (GMT-7:00)

Get Started with CUDA 5 by downloading the RC release today.

http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-pre-production

Thanks,

NVIDIA CUDA Developer Relations

[FooZe]

Hi marcio_max,

Yes we are aware of this - in fact some time ago the developers did a build with the cuda 5 preview.
It was just a preliminary test and no - it did not increase performance for octanerender (in fact is was slower than 4.2).

Yes - there will be kepler support for instancing...
"Kepler GPUs are not supported at the moment but a fully functional build is being developed."
( http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=22508 ).

Cheers
Chris.

[marcio_max]

Hi marcio_max,

Yes we are aware of this - in fact some time ago the developers did a build with the cuda 5 preview.
It was just a preliminary test and no - it did not increase performance for octanerender (in fact is was slower than 4.2).

Yes - there will be kepler support for instancing...
"Kepler GPUs are not supported at the moment but a fully functional build is being developed."
( http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=22508 ).

Cheers
Chris.

Thanks for the explanation, Chris "FooZe"