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whersmy
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Is it worth the hassle installing linux on a separate SSD? How does Octane perform compared with rendering on Windows? What version of ubuntu are you guys running? Redhat? Mint? Is it a lot faster? :twisted:

I have to reduce my renderingtimes by a lot. Second 580 soon.
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The "hassle" with Linux is worth for a lot of reasons, but not for reducing render times in Octane, cause I don't see how this could be OS related.

Maybe there could be differences because of CUDA/driver versions for different system, but I highly doubt this would produce a relevant difference in render speed. (though I don't mind being proven wrong, if Linux is indeed faster :D)

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whersmy
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Have you tried rendering on both systems?

I am looking for benchmarks, will post here.
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So far only been able to find these "benchmarks":

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And:

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/sh ... .php?t=542
Last week I was using Windows 7 and a GTS 250. Since then I've upgraded to a GTX 470 and installed Kubuntu 10.04 as an alternate-boot.


Benchmark scene results, all on the same machine:

Windows 7 + GTS 250: 0.94 samples per second.
Windows 7 + GTX 470: 6.96 samples per second.
Kubuntu + GTX 470: 12.96 samples per second.

Quoted Tim Crownson, cq artist: "Hot damn! I'm never rendering with Octane in Windows again! This is awesome! My original render that took 8 hours would now take about 30min."

Are there other Octane Ubuntu users willing to confirm? :shock:
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whersmy wrote:Windows 7 + GTX 470: 6.96 samples per second.
Kubuntu + GTX 470: 12.96 samples per second.
What driver and CUDA versions are you using on the systems? Did you use the same Octane version? Cause it's hard to believe there is such a difference. :shock:
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You misunderstood me, I quoted Tim Crownson. (http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/sh ... .php?t=542

He did the rendering in Kubuntu, I already mailed him for a confirmation and info. He has not answered yet.

But if that is true, it is an amazing speed increase! :shock:
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