Image by Tommy5 from Octane forums / Image submitted for the Octane January License competition / All rights Tomislav Corak / Blender 2.49 + Octane 0.81a
166'661 Triangles / 2332 Samples/pixel / 52,44 min using 8600GT @ 256 MB / 1280*640 original size / resized to 1000*500 for Luxology forums
This render by Tomislav Corak (used with permission) is clocking 52.44min rendertime using a single 8600GT
For some people 52min is too much for a single frame, its like getting back to CPU rendering
Here's a little math based on the real specs of other GPU
Not 100% accurate because its only calculated using the GFLOPS values
But that will give you a good idea of how fast the current GPUs are
The 8600 GT he used
32 cuda core and 113 GFLOPS = x1 = 52 min render time
A single 8800 GT
112 cuda cores and 504 GFLOPS = x4.46 = 11.65 min render time
A single GTX260 (216 core version)
216 cuda cores and 874 GFLOPS = x7.73 = 6.72 min render time
A single GTX285
240 cuda cores and 1062 GFLOPS = x9.39 = 5.53 min render time
52 min down to 6 using a 300$ GPU, that's really fast
And based on the next GPU from Nvidia specs, this render could be done in 2 min 30 seconds only
This topic is also to show that old GPU (the 8600GT has only 32 cuda core) is not really a good idea if you want true ludicrous speeds
Octane render is really the fastest Unbiased renderer in the world, and the only one YOU can download and test
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