OctaneRender® pre-Beta 2.4 (win x64) [OBSOLETE]

[Jaberwocky]

Geopappas

I ran the test tonight using driver 260.99 on both the old version of the software and the current version,using exactly the same scene.So the base line test was exactly the same.

[abstrax]

Abstrax

will you be re re releasing this windows x64 build again along with the other builds once the current list of bugs are sorted ? and if so how will we know ?

Yup, we will

Cheers,
Marcus

[Jaberwocky]

GeoPappas

I think the thing to point out is that although the previous version said that it only saw 224 of the 336 cores.It was infact using the full GPU.I assumed like everyone else before running this test that as it was only reporting seeing 2/3rds of the available cores, it therefore must have been running at 2/3rds speed without testing it.If I had run CPU Z before now i would have realised that it was just a reporting error and was in actual fact using the whole GPU to render.

[matej]

@abstrax, you are doing a great job, patching stuff in real-time!

I was kinda disappointed this morning not finding a Linux build, but I see it's better this way - Windows users lead the way into the jungle, catching the majority of mosquito bites, while we thread safely behind Just make a Linux build before the end of the competition.

[joseph]

awesome cant wait for the cuda 3.00 release

[GeoPappas]

GeoPappas

I think the thing to point out is that although the previous version said that it only saw 224 of the 336 cores.It was infact using the full GPU.I assumed like everyone else before running this test that as it was only reporting seeing 2/3rds of the available cores, it therefore must have been running at 2/3rds speed without testing it.If I had run CPU Z before now i would have realised that it was just a reporting error and was in actual fact using the whole GPU to render.

I am pretty sure that there were people that reported that not all cores were being used on the GTX 460. Also, I remember people stating that they could easily use their computer while rendering with Octane (which implied that not all GPU cores were being used).

You (or someone else) might want to test Octane 2.3v5 with an older NVIDIA driver (prior to 260.99). It might be that the newer NVIDIA driver has increased the number of cores used.

EDIT: Here is a thread where someone states that not all of the cores of the GTX 460 are being used:
http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum ... &start=120

[Elvio]

Where´s the download link?

[oguzbir]

Where´s the download link?

1st page

[Elvio]

the link is not appearing for me, could some1 post here the link for me?

Thank you!

[Skeletor]

GeoPappas

I think the thing to point out is that although the previous version said that it only saw 224 of the 336 cores.It was infact using the full GPU.I assumed like everyone else before running this test that as it was only reporting seeing 2/3rds of the available cores, it therefore must have been running at 2/3rds speed without testing it.If I had run CPU Z before now i would have realised that it was just a reporting error and was in actual fact using the whole GPU to render.

I am pretty sure that there were people that reported that not all cores were being used on the GTX 460. Also, I remember people stating that they could easily use their computer while rendering with Octane (which implied that not all GPU cores were being used).

You (or someone else) might want to test Octane 2.3v5 with an older NVIDIA driver (prior to 260.99). It might be that the newer NVIDIA driver has increased the number of cores used.

EDIT: Here is a thread where someone states that not all of the cores of the GTX 460 are being used:
http://www.refractivesoftware.com/forum ... &start=120

Whether or not you could use the computer while rendering depended on the scene and settings. Using direct lighting and low resolution yeah then you could surf the Internet or whatever. I don't think there's hard evidence suggesting one or the other (using all cores or not before 2.4).