Cloud rendering for the poor.

[ElBloko]

Hi everyone,

I apologize if this topic has already been covered but I am in need of advice.
I am currently finalizing a personal project, or at least trying to.

There is however a pretty substantial obstacle in the way. The scene I am trying to render is way over the memory budget that my GPU allows (one GTX 670 with 4gigs) and I am currently unable to render the full project in one pass which drastically affects the end result.

So here I am, looking for options to possible find a cloud based rendering option that is affordable and of course supports octane (standalone?).
I have found several leads but everything is leaving me more confused.

Any pointers or help would be greatly appreciated!

[smicha]

I still don't know how it works but is may help
http://renegatt.com/index.php

[glimpse]

Problem with Renegatt's solution, is that updated OTOY's EULA doesn't allow to use OctaneRender with vGPU =)

anyway, they are leveraging Amazons infrastructure & those GPUs are 4GB as far as I remember.. though they have other plan, bit more expensive that might have bigger GPUs.. There's a possibility to use SPOT instances to cut price.. but the setup itself is far from being easy to setup.

[ElBloko]

Problem with Renegatt's solution, is that updated OTOY's EULA doesn't allow to use OctaneRender with vGPU =)

anyway, they are leveraging Amazons infrastructure & those GPUs are 4GB as far as I remember.. though they have other plan, bit more expensive that might have bigger GPUs.. There's a possibility to use SPOT instances to cut price.. but the setup itself is far from being easy to setup.

Thanks Smicha!

Yes, I have seen those services before. I just went to have another look and... eek. I wanted to tear my hair just looking at how to make this work.

So, Glimpse, what you are saying is that the memory budget isn't shared across multiple GPUs?

[glimpse]

So, Glimpse, what you are saying is that the memory budget isn't shared across multiple GPUs?

jop, if You have two cards let's say 4GB +4GB You still only have only 4GB to be able to use..& it's even worth if You have 6GB + 2GB card - then if You're using both of them, it's only 2GB that will be available in Octane, as scene should fit into every card & You're limited to the one that has least amount of vRam.

[smicha]

elbloko,

How much vram do you need? 6GB? And what about power? 4 x titan would be enough?

[riggles]

How much vram do you need? 6GB? And what about power? 4 x titan would be enough?

4 x Titan != poor

[glimpse]

How much vram do you need? 6GB? And what about power? 4 x titan would be enough?

4 x Titan != poor

Smicha offered help in redering out the scene, instead of buying them, Riggles =)

[smicha]

[mbetke]

I could help rendering it beside my projects. Not that booked at the moment. Just give me some bucks for electricity and a dinner with my girlfriend.
Four 6Gb Titan cards here.