Kepler test build 2.58e Standalone (for GTX 6xx cards)

[petermax]

One other important question is does the 680 have an increased texture limit? Is it more than 64 textures now or still the same? That's much more important than going from 3GB to 4GB for me
Can someone confirm this. thanks.

[petermax]

We try to improve things further, but I have only little hope that we can gain much more without serious algorithmic/structural changes. The good news is that we didn't spend much time on performance yet, so there is a reasonable chance that when we finally get around to spend some time on thios area, we might gain some substantial improvements.

I don't understand this bit? First you say don't expect gains, then in the same sentence you say expect substantial improvements. Do we get to toss a coin?

[abstrax]

We try to improve things further, but I have only little hope that we can gain much more without serious algorithmic/structural changes. The good news is that we didn't spend much time on performance yet, so there is a reasonable chance that when we finally get around to spend some time on thios area, we might gain some substantial improvements.

I don't understand this bit? First you say don't expect gains, then in the same sentence you say expect substantial improvements. Do we get to toss a coin?

Sorry for being confusing.

What I was trying to say, was that when we finally get around to do work on performance (which requires some serious rewriting/restructuring) there is a good chance, that we might be able to improve things significantly. I can't say for sure obviously, since we haven't started on that yet. We have a bunch of ideas, but they would require more time to implement, than we want to spend right now.

Cheers,
Marcus

[abstrax]

One other important question is does the 680 have an increased texture limit? Is it more than 64 textures now or still the same? That's much more important than going from 3GB to 4GB for me
Can someone confirm this. thanks.

Yes and no. They increased the texture reference limit to 256, but we don't use them in Octane (yet). Texture references are effectively hard-coded, and can't be added/removed dynamically.

Cheers,
Marcus

[abstrax]

Hi,

today we unfortunately didn't get all issues resolved for the next release, which means you will have to wait a bit longer. Hopefully we get everything sorted on Monday and we can release then. I know it sounds like marketing fluff, but I'm really excited about the upcoming release and I think it will be worth the wait

Cheers,
Marcus

[madcoo]

Hi Abstrax,

Thanks for letting us know.
Looking forward to this new release.

And thanks for your hard work.

[larsmidnatt]

yep, yep. Thanks for the heads up.

[marcio_max]

Thanks!

[jmfowler]

thank you for letting us know, cheers.

[abstrax]

You can find the new release here:
http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=24010

Make sure that you read the release notes

Cheers,
Marcus