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64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:42 pm
by radiance
Hi all,

I am now confirming the following platforms for our beta2 release:

- Windows 32bit with Cuda 3.0
- Windows 64bit with Cuda 3.0

- Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard) with Cuda 3.0 (Requires Nvidia Card)

- Linux 64bit with Cuda 3.0

I can render a model with 7 million polygons with the 64bit version. ;)

The current ETA for the release is early next week.
It will also support the new GTX400/Fermi cards, according to the Cuda 3.0 documentation.

Radiance

Re: 64bit and Mac OS X native releases confirmed for beta2

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:45 pm
by andrian
OMG, thx Radiance.. and 7 million WOW. Thats a good news..

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:46 pm
by radiance
There is also another surprise coming with beta2.

Radiance

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:47 pm
by andrian
radiance wrote:There is also another surprise coming with beta2.

Radiance
ooo now I cant sleep :shock:

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:49 pm
by e3di
Amazing news!! You guys rock.

Can't wait until next week!!

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:42 pm
by nuverian
Oh c'mon..you said the forbiden word "surprise" !

Thanks a lot though :D

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:29 pm
by MarkS
Awesome! Can't wait to try it out.
Will my MacBook Pro (nvidia 9400m) actually run Octane now?? ;-)

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 4:40 pm
by radiance
MarkS wrote:Awesome! Can't wait to try it out.
Will my MacBook Pro (nvidia 9400m) actually run Octane now?? ;-)
it will but don't expect much, your 9400m GPU is *very* slow and has almost no video ram.

Radiance

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:29 pm
by radiance
here's another sneak preview of what's coming in beta2.
this was a quick test, i did'nt tweak the materials a lot just a few minutes of basic tunings.
there's a bump map on the floor, and it uses the physical daylight sun and sky system, no HDR map used.
render time was about 10 minutes with supersampling.
notsosimple1.jpg
it's an old scene by BdB.

Radiance

Re: 64bit, Mac OS X native and Cuda 3.0 confirmed for beta2

Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:40 pm
by Sam
Look at those gorgeous shadows ;)
The scene doesn't look old, its kinda good !