Backburner - GPU

[3dvizual]

Hi

Is it possible to use Backburner with GPU's instead of CPU's. If so how does it work.??

[vlado]

Unless you have Tesla cards with compute (non-video) drivers, the GPUs will not be available to Windows services, so you will need to run the backburner server manually on the render servers - remote desktop won't work, you need to be physically logged onto the machine (VNC or logmein should work fine though). Other than that, it is a matter of setting up V-Ray RT as a production renderer and selecting the CUDA engine with the desired number of paths per sample.

Best regards,
Vlado

[3dvizual]

what about quadro k6000 cards, this is the same rigth.?

I have tried from a local machine to setup backburner and GPU rendering, but i get CPU rendering startet instead. Is there a guide somewhere that demonstrate this.?

[Guest]

Is the pricing for additional render nodes in 3.0 the same for RT GPU? If I just wanted to render across a GPU render farm, how does this affect pricing if at all?

[vlado]

what about quadro k6000 cards, this is the same rigth.?

Quadros are similar to GeForce in that regard, not to Tesla cards.

I have tried from a local machine to setup backburner and GPU rendering, but i get CPU rendering startet instead. Is there a guide somewhere that demonstrate this.?

You could try to contact our support guys at vray@chaosgroup.com - maybe they can help you out.

Best regards,
Vlado

[vlado]

Is the pricing for additional render nodes in 3.0 the same for RT GPU? If I just wanted to render across a GPU render farm, how does this affect pricing if at all?

The render license is the same regardless of whether you render on a CPU or on a GPU. Further on, licensing is per machine, regardless of how many CPUs or GPUs are used on that machine.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Guest]

The render license is the same regardless of whether you render on a CPU or on a GPU. Further on, licensing is per machine, regardless of how many CPUs or GPUs are used on that machine.

Best regards,
Vlado

Thanks for the info.