Octane and GTX 1080 release

Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:02 pm

Hey everyone. I recently bought Octane license. I was wondering how long does it take for Otoy to upgrade software to work with new released GPUs? I heard that probably GTX 1080 should be released in June 2016.

Thanks!

Wed Mar 30, 2016 2:42 am

FryderykO wrote:Hey everyone. I recently bought Octane license. I was wondering how long does it take for Otoy to upgrade software to work with new released GPUs? I heard that probably GTX 1080 should be released in June 2016.

Thanks!

We can get Octane working on a new GPU architecture very quickly (ideally at launch or within a week) Optimizing can take a month or two depending what is involved.

Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:37 pm

Awesome

Thanks!

Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:57 pm

The 1080 doesn't exist....
Will I live forever?...

omg....

Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:32 pm

gabrielefx wrote:The 1080 doesn't exist....
Will I live forever?...
omg....

http://images.nvidia.com/content/pdf/qu ... fnl-HR.pdf

Sat May 07, 2016 4:11 pm

Will Otoy provide a specific announcement regarding Octane compatibility with the 1080?

Additionally, will we be assured the same variable card model compatibility (TitanX, 1080, 980 working together) with Octane?

Sun May 08, 2016 8:48 am

protovu wrote:Will Otoy provide a specific announcement regarding Octane compatibility with the 1080?

Additionally, will we be assured the same variable card model compatibility (TitanX, 1080, 980 working together) with Octane?

have You ever had any issues runnning cards fro mdifferent architecture? no.. then Why do You expect this would be any different case..- jsut add cards & enjoy. =) as information is sent to Those cards they performa like a separate units on their own & after works is doen, spit informatation to system RAM.

Sun May 08, 2016 9:17 am

FryderykO wrote: I heard that probably GTX 1080 should be released in June 2016.

Thanks!

Release date (worldwide) for GTX 1080 is May 27th so in about 20 days.

Sun May 08, 2016 9:51 am

glimpse wrote:have You ever had any issues runnning cards fro mdifferent architecture? no..

Erm, yes actually. Performance degredation from Fermi to Kepler was HUGE.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question from Fryderyk and the fact that Otoy often seem kind of nonchalant and tight lipped about new generations of the architecture that their software is based on l find quite strange.

Seeker

Sun May 08, 2016 11:34 am

Seekerfinder wrote:
glimpse wrote:have You ever had any issues runnning cards fro mdifferent architecture? no..
Erm, yes actually. Performance degredation from Fermi to Kepler was HUGE.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question from Fryderyk and the fact that Otoy often seem kind of nonchalant and tight lipped about new generations of the architecture that their software is based on l find quite strange.

Seeker

This. I am not buying anything until i see Octane performance results. Still recall how 680 was inferior to 580. Hopefully this is not happening this time around, but i am not taking any risk throwing away so much money for ultimately underwhelming product.

Actually, i am curious about possible performance gains related to new FP16 functionality - whether Octane can take advantage of this or not. Would apprectiate some insight from the devs in coming days.