iRay - The answer to VRay-RT from Mental

[cecofuli]

Hi all,

finally the MR-RT video DEMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQsXu...layer_embedded

bye

[vlado]

iRay runs on GPUs (quadro cards, if I am not mistaken), whereas V-Ray RT is (currently) CPU-only.

Best regards,
Vlado

[cecofuli]

Oh, yes, but in future VRay-RT and we hope VRay Production renderer will run also on GPU and not only with expensive Quadro card

[dlparisi]

He also mentioned it was connect to 15 GPUs. Sounds kind of expensive. How would it perform with just one gpu?

[cecofuli]

Yes, but this interior is clean after 5 seconds. Very fast IMO. Only the fly-through movement is slow, but this is a Firefox web interface.

[dlparisi]

It's clean after 5 seconds but at what cost? It is an impressive demo but it's not something I imagine most studios have available.

I also loved it when the guy demoing it said something to the effect that anyone can use it, i.e. you don't have to be a 3D guru to get images like that - yeah right. Someone had to set up the scene and the shaders.

[glorybound]

RT

15GPU's, but on a cloud.

[dlparisi]

15GPU's, but on a cloud.

That doesn't make it free.

[glorybound]

Free

I must have missed the free part. No it wouldn't be free, you would be renting someones resources.

[devin]

I know the Vray RT GPU demo only used one graphics card so if you were to link up 15 GPU's would you be able to get 30 FPS out of it for on the fly animations?

[dellis]

So this would obviously benefit people who have multiple cards using SLI right?

[vlado]

I know the Vray RT GPU demo only used one graphics card so if you were to link up 15 GPU's would you be able to get 30 FPS out of it for on the fly animations?

More or less

Best regards,
Vlado

[3DMK]

iRay runs on GPUs (quadro cards, if I am not mistaken), whereas V-Ray RT is (currently) CPU-only.

Best regards,
Vlado

You could almost buy 15 new computers for the same price as 15 high end Quadro cards.....

[dlparisi]

You could almost buy 15 new computers for the same price as 15 high end Quadro cards.....

You'd still need a computer to put those quadro cards INTO. If they're running it on a cuda or something then the price goes way up.

[philip kelly]

Can I ask, in the current Vray RT, will the cpu version that you demoed at sigraph, will that be a free update with the current RT if one buys it?

I am thinking of buying it for architectural work, is it worth it ?, or would you recomend the Vray scattter as a better investment.

I know they do two different things but money is tight .

I would have to buy it myself and not get it through my current work place, even though it is for work.

Thanks

phil