saturnotaku

I just got my eVGA GTX 470 and wanted to try out this program. But I have a question. Is it normal to see these artifacts when the program is first starting, and do they go away with time? I've circled them on this screenshot. Thanks.

I am not sure what you mean by artifacts.  Maybe I am missing them, but I think you might be referring to the lack of anti-aliasing in that area.  If so, yes, that will clean up over time.  You are running it in non-HQ mode.  In that mode, it focuses on progressively improving anti-aliasing.  So, over time it should continue to improve quality and will stop at some point.  When it stops, the green dot on the bottom right will go grey.  Note that it only runs when the window has focus.

Now, while much slower, I think you will find the real beauty of this program is in running it in HQ mode (the button in the top right corner).  That is when it does ray tracing and photo-realistic lighting and reflections (you will see reflections of buildings in the shine of the car for example).  At first, it will look very grainy.  But, as it progressively runs it will improve.  In this mode, it never stops.  You will get a good image in 15 minutes or so, but it will continue to improve the longer you let it run.  On my 480, I have found that 1-2 hours can produce some really nice images.  If you use an angle from the interior of a car it will take a lot longer as their is much more indirect lighting.

Off topic to your question, but has anyone gotten this program to run properly with two 480s?  I hate having to use only one card.  For a few scenes (such as the default that loads up), I can get it to run with both cards and it runs twice as fast.  But, for most scenes I get memory errors unless I disable both SLI and PhysX.

Really nice, sertz!
I'll shall leave it on for several hours too - it will be interesting to see how detailed my photo-screen will be after that long. This program is full of fun btw -)

Man, you really have to let it render for a while...

The Nissan GT-R is my favorite car.

Wish i had one of those cars!

 

nice internal shot, it's crazy how much detail was put into these cars.

Here is my Nissan GT-R.  Renderer = GTX 480 @ 862.5/1725/1050.

15 minute render


15 minute render

15 minute render


15 minute render


15 minute render


30+ minute render


30+ minute render


The two below rendered for an hour.




3+ hour render

My favorite car.  I'd love to get one with the upcoming Switzer P950 kit.  

my first attempt
http://img441.imageshack.us/f/img441/6030/firstattempt1.png




this is my 2nd attempt

Nice

This is probably the best I've done!

http://img28.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=best1k.png

awesome graphics

Do that same render but for at least an hour and witness the difference.

I have a question, I have gtx 480, for some reason when I load a car in design garage and wait like 2 to 5 minutes, I can still see pixels. 
or do I have to wait longer

Rendered this one for around 1-2 hours with my 470. Think it turned out pretty nicely.

we need some at 1920x1080 lol!