It shows that it can be worthwhile to take a closer look at this topic, even if everyone always sees the GPU as the better solution. In the all-rounder test, the GPU computes only 2.7 times faster with secondary solver and also only 3.86 times faster with brute force, but costs four times as much. I do not calculate that to render with the GPU of course you also need a CPU and vice versa. The GPU costs about 4 times as much as the CPU (at least the cheapest graphic card with this chip set). Vray is well suited for this because I assume that the render and material settings here are indeed the same in both tests.

If you take a closer look at Vray's render times you can compare the cost of GPU vs CPU. And by the way the Lightwave renderer is not outdated, in fact it is one of the newer parts of Lightwave.īut what is very interesting in the video is the comparison between GPU and CPU renderer. Much less can we say about how Lightwave would compare.

Unfortunately, these tests only say something meaningful to a limited extent, as Andrew himself says in the video (even if he then of course wants to put it into more relative terms). Thus, the comparison would be somewhat unfair. LW can't be included based on the native renderer if that's the criteria. I would never exercise the patience to do such a test.

I would be curious as to a cpu render with it compared to a cpu renderer of a higher quality. You've got great hardware in your signature. If a render farm is in the picture, then working the same or similar chip as the farm keeps you in the ballpark of how long your renders will take. Meaning that you aren't worried about a render farm. Enterprise use of renderers is not what I think you are speaking to. And really, that's about the artists exploiting the most from the cards. The lesson I've learned is that if you are invested in Octane, you got the goods - from there it's about your video card. You would need mapped fbxs to keep the textures. Have you ever rendered with Blender that this kind of test will make a difference to you, for your work with Lightwave? Build one of the scenes and give it a go.

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