DazStudio 4.11 release date?
wintoons
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Hi guys,
I wanted to know, does anyone know when DazStudio 4.11 is coming out? I know the BETA version is.
I'm planning on updating my PC and now we have the new Nvidia RTX 2080s and I heard that 4.10 doesn't support the RTXs.
Is that true?
Thanks
Winton
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I waited a while before posting, because I thought someone else would respond, as I'm no expert. So here's what I do know:
There are a couple of threads regarding 2080's, generally saying they do work with 4.11 Beta, but not 4.10.
Release dates are Daz3D's top secrets. We won't know about them until they are actually released.
Correct - 4.10 does NOT support the 20-series cards, but the 4.11 Beta does.
As to when 4.11 will go Generally Available - when DAZ developement and/or DAZ marketing decides it is ready. Which, based on past experience, will be two to four weeks before it is truly ready. Which we can blame on the limited number of the non-DAZ beta testers not being anywhere near as creative as the user base. So the more people who beat on the public beta, the more likely we get a relatively clean and bug-free GA release.
You can run the current GA and the current open beta on the same system.
Cool! So would the 4.11 be able to run older graphics card like the 1080s still?
Yes, 1080 should be fine with 4.11
1080 is not old!
...but there are some cards that no longer work in the Beta:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4656
My 550ti is on that list and no longer does Iray but my 750ti should be OK for another year!
I'm using a 1080 with 4.11 Beta without any rendering/preview problems. In fact 4.11 renders a little faster than 4.10.
I'm using a 750Ti with DS 4.11
Oh I'm saying that the 1080ti is old! LOL!
What I mean is older :))
Well, I'm having a marvelous time with my new Boxx ThreadRipper system w/ dual nVidia Quadro RTX 4000's if that's any indication.
My GTX 660Ti is not on the list but I noticed this in the logs. Is there a definitive list of cards that are no longer supported.
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 NVidia Iray GPUs:
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 GPU: 1 - GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 Memory Size: 2.9 GB
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 Clock Rate: 1058500 KH
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 Multi Processor Count: 7
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 CUDA Compute Capability: 3.0
2019-04-06 10:39:50.875 WARNING: ..\..\..\..\..\src\pluginsource\DzIrayRender\dzneuraymgr.cpp(304): Iray WARNING - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.0 IRAY rend warn : There is no CUDA-capable GPU available to the iray photoreal renderer.
You're a hero then! xD
playing a bit more with 4.11 and noticed that it does say fallback in the logs
2019-04-06 11:59:41.200 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.1 IRAY rend info : NVIDIA display driver version: 417.71
2019-04-06 11:59:41.206 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.1 IRAY rend info : Your NVIDIA driver supports CUDA version up to 10.0; iray requires CUDA version 9.0; all is good.
2019-04-06 11:59:41.209 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.1 IRAY rend info : Using iray plugin version 4.8-beta, build 302800.3495 n, 14 Jun 2018, nt-x86-64-vc14.
2019-04-06 11:59:41.258 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.1 IRAY rend info : CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 660 Ti): compute capability 3.0, 3 GiB total, 2.49397 GiB available, display attached
2019-04-06 11:59:41.264 Iray INFO - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.1 IRAY rend info : iray photoreal CPU fallback is enabled.
Really? Is the performance good with the RTX 4000?
Will 4.10 Pro (or Beta) ever support RTX cards?
No. DAZ does not port new code into old versions.
RTX cards do work with DS4.11.
If you meant "full support taking advantage of RT cores", then first Nvidia has to create a version of Iray including it, and then Daz will be able to integrate that into a future version of DS.
Doesn't Nvidia have a version that uses them already out?
Not yet. Nvidia says to expect it later this year. Personally I'd assume 4.11 won't come out till then.
Doe anyone know how to prevent IRay from falling back to CPU rendering. I’m having an issue getting the GTX660ti to render. I see logs that say it’s falling back to CPU ( also called out of core rendering) and then it’s a bit slow compared to Octane. I disabled the Octane plugin thinking that may have been the conflict but it still didn’t help.
The 660 Ti is a 2GB card. Depending on your scene size, that is probably where the issue lies (try to grab a snapshot of the Log next time it happens). Also, what driver version are you on? Some of the more recent ones caused this issue more frequently in studio, regardless of the card.
There's also an issue with older generations of NVidia cards no longer being compatible with Iray. I'm not sure where the cutoff is right now, and whether a 600-series card is still OK, but it does change every couple of years.