Hello everyone!
I'm new to Cinema 4D and have recently learned about GPU renderers such as Octane. I have an AMD GPU currently, so I wouldn't be able to take advantage of it, but am now thinking of shelling out for an RTX 2070, or at the very least, a used 980ti.
Anyway, I've recently created a series of animations at 360 frames each. No global illumination, very light render settings, and light on the reflections too. I have 3 lights setup, particle emitters, and some collisions. Basic stuff. Anyway, I'm finding that these animations are taking about 1.5hrs at around 15-30 seconds per frame using the standard renderer (CPU i5 6500k OC'd a little). I have about 10 of these animations to render out, so that's about 15 hours of total render time for something I feel is really simple.
How much will a GPU like a 980ti+Octane cut down on that render time? I've seen some crazy examples where the physical renderer will take 45mins and Octane+GTX970 cuts it down to like 5 mins, but those examples were for some highly detailed scenes. My animations are really basic with really basic geometry/particle systems/collisions. Is this as good as it gets or will Octane cut my render time even less? If I can go from 1.5 hrs to like 10 mins, I'm heading to the store ASAP.
Thanks guys! BTW, tons of amazing stuff here in this sub!