GPU renderers proliferate, show newfound maturity

GPU renderers proliferate, show newfound maturity

Over the last couple years, with help from CUDA and OpenCL, GPU renderers have steadily progressed to exploit the speed of the GPU without sacrificing rendering quality. Now it seems we’re spoiled for choice. There were a few on display here at SIGGRAPH, but the growing GPU renderer list is already impressive: iRay, Arion, Furryball, Octane (which I often use if I want a fast and stylish render, as seen above), V-Ray RT—and there’s even the free and open-source GPU version of Luxrender. There are probably others that I’m missing—it seems like a new GPU renderer is coming out every month.

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