Hi, GPU rendering is getting better and better and faster and faster, so I was thinking to invest in a mini GPU render farm vs CPU. I saw the list of unsupported features Chaos Docs and I am fine with that since I barely would use any of the unsupported ones for architectural visualization. As a n…

I am not RT expert but 1. no benefits from SLI, also might be problematic 2. I would go for TITANS because they have more RAM on board but they are much more expensive than gtx being only few percent faster (considering the same architecture) 3. RAM does not sum up so in your case the scene would…

I didn’t knew that Ram does not sum up! That’s a pity! Also SLI is a problem? that’s bad…does not make sense to buy separate motherboards and towers just to have single GPUs mounted. Beside all the hardware problem, that would ask for rendering nodes too! I’m not sure about this, there are plenty o…

Hello, About SLI - there are no benefits and no need for the SLI connections between cards - meaning you don’t need the separate SLI cables between cards. Having more than one GPU in your system is supported and V-Ray RT GPU can use them. Best regards, Yavor

[image] Add More Recent Skylight Models Hello, About SLI - there are no benefits and no need for the SLI connections between cards - meaning you don’t need the separate SLI cables between cards. Having more than one GPU in your system is supported and V-Ray RT GPU can use them. Best regards, Y…

Yes - simply plug the video cards and don’t add any bridges. The bridges themselves are used only when gaming. About Pascal and stacking - there is a special technology - NVLink that allows GPUs to communicate with each other faster but it will only be available in the P100 chip which I think is st…

[image] caustics through architectural glass Yes - simply plug the video cards and don’t add any bridges. The bridges themselves are used only when gaming. About Pascal and stacking - there is a special technology - NVLink that allows GPUs to communicate with each other faster but it will only b…

[image] Beautifull women Yavor, are you saying that I can simply plug 4 1080 in my machine without having to make them communicate with bridges between each other? Currently there is no reason for them to “communicate”. Each GPU stands on its own as a separate rendering entity and is controlle…

Thank you Alan, starting to understand now how GPU rendering works, looks very interesting. This ram limit is a big minus though…It is very easy now days to go over 8gb or Ram with big scenes. I did another test and my 1080 couldn’t handle it, crashed and crashed. I guess is yet early to invest in G…

[image] Scene Gone Crazy Thank you Alan, starting to understand now how GPU rendering works, looks very interesting. This ram limit is a big minus though…It is very easy now days to go over 8gb or Ram with big scenes. I did another test and my 1080 couldn’t handle it, crashed and crashed. I guess…

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sheehan_partners_nm November 1, 2016, 1:48pm 7

All clear, thank you a lot!

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