AMD GPU Renderer for CINEMA 4D

[JJJaaammmeeesss]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any 3rd party plugins for Cinema 4D that carry out GPU rendering with AMD GPU's? All the ones I've found only support CUDA which is annoying because rendering using CPU takes ridiculous amounts of time. 1h 20m to render a 8sec clip on a  4790k

[PlayStation 2]

Any OpenCL renderers for Cinema 4D?

[Electronics Wizardy]

I don't know of any. Nvidia is the way to go for animation and 3d modeling/rendering. 

[don_svetlio]

I don't know of any. Nvidia is the way to go for animation and 3d modeling/rendering. 

if it supports OpenCL it's perfectly possible.

[thekeemo]

Is octane 3 out yet?

[Electronics Wizardy]

if it supports OpenCL it's perfectly possible.

Well most programs use cuda, so all the computers have nvidia gpu's and since nvidia sucks at opencl there is no reason for them to put opencl support in. This software costs many thousands for one licence. If you can afford the sofware, you can afford a quadro.

[don_svetlio]

Well most programs use cuda, so all the computers have nvidia gpu's and since nvidia sucks at opencl there is no reason for them to put opencl support in. This software costs many thousands for one licence. If you can afford the sofware, you can afford a quadro.

Erm - 2 things. A handful of software only is CUDA exclusive. Also - AMD's compute is a LOT better than Nvidia's - I mean, the 290X can crush a 980 Ti in compute performance so hard it won't even be funny.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Erm - 2 things. A handful of software only is CUDA exclusive. Also - AMD's compute is a LOT better than Nvidia's - I mean, the 290X can crush a 980 Ti in compute performance so hard it won't even be funny.

Cuda was made before and pushed by nvidia to get made into programs. Nvidia also made renders like iray so that will only be in cuda. Cuda is also normally easier to program for compared to opencl, while opencl is faster if done right. Nvidia has lots more money that amd to make rendering software. They also have basically the whole market for professional graphics.

[don_svetlio]

Cuda was made before and pushed by nvidia to get made into programs. Nvidia also made renders like iray so that will only be in cuda. Cuda is also normally easier to program for compared to opencl, while opencl is faster if done right. Nvidia has lots more money that amd to make rendering software. They also have basically the whole market for professional graphics.

Nvidia don't have the whole market as Maxwell cannot do compute half as good as Kepler or Fermi could - CUDA, while their proprietary tech, is not the only thing available and when OpenCL is supported it just makes CUDA seem useless. Example - Sony Vegas - anyone using CUDA for that is getting a VERY short stick compared to OpenCL users - in a good 75% of the cases I've seen both are supported with only a few programs being picky about what they have.