I've been playing around with the demo, trying to compare it to other renderers like keyshot and octane.
GPUs are meant to be much faster in rendering compared to CPUs.
But in the case of Visualize that hasn't been the case.
In a system with 2x Xeon x5650 and 4 x GTX 980Ti, I did a comparison render of the same scene in Visualize and Keyshot.
I realised that in a 5 min render the results in Visualize where actually worse.
That wasn't the case with octane. Octane which is a GPU only renderer was indeed way faster.
Is iray generally a much more resource dependent renderer?
Does Visualize not manage the resources properly and is that an issue that may be resolved in future releases?
Or are there any tweaks you can do in order to render faster?
Hi Marios,
A machine with 4x GTX 980 should crush anything Keyshot or Octane could produce. What render device mode is selected in Tools > Options > 3D Viewport? Try unchecking "Automatic" and select "GPU". This will force Visualize to just use your 4x GPUs, as a good test starting point.
Even with 1x GTX 980 your renders should be light years faster than Keyshot.
Do you have a reseller you could work with as a starting point to benchmark your rendering performance with your CAD files?