Loading...
> >

Whats the common render size?

atacit_23cd333971atacit_23cd333971 Posts: 101
in The Commons

A simple render with 2-3 people and a basic bacground? Can a 8g card handle it or is more needed? I'm trying to get a grip on how much video card is necessary. I have no idea if a simple render needs 1g or 7g? I know more is always better but if 8g handles 90% of it ....

Comments

  • LosingSignalLosingSignal Posts: 409

    For a simple background and two characters, I was able to do that on an integrated Intel 3000 video chip with *maybe* 4gb of shared memory. If that 8gb card has an NVIDIA chip on it, you'll be more than set (depending on how crazy you go with props and clothes).

  • nDelphinDelphi Posts: 1,929

    If you want to know how much memory your scenes are using you can use GPU-Z, it's free.

    https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-gpu-z/

     

  • outrider42outrider42 Posts: 3,679
    It depends on a lot factors, so there is no one solution. The resolution size you want to render makes a huge difference. Going from a 1080p size render to one that is 4K requires a lot more VRAM. Some models are very light, while some models have a lot of different textures with large file sizes. The clothing and hair can vary wildly from one to the next.

    But in general you should be able to work within 8GB if you are too extreme. There are also ways to optimize the stuff in a scene, like using smaller textures or even no textures so that will fit VRAM. There are a few products in the store now to help automate this and guide you through it. I think mattymanx released one just a few weeks ago.
  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    I generally work at the scale of 2 to 3 characters and a single room plus furnishings. I've never dropped from my 1080ti to CPU. And I usually am still using the card to multitask while the render runs. So 8Gb should be close if you're willing to stop otherwise doing anything all or almost all the time. But until you try it, who knows for sure. My next render could be the ones that drops into CPU for me. DS for reasons known only to the devs has no way to tell you the amount of VRAM a render will consume.

  • nonesuch00nonesuch00 Posts: 18,781

    You'll quickly realize you should have bought a video card with 11GB, 12GB, or more but if you can CPU render on a computer with 16GB or more RAM the occasional render you make that needs 11+ GB video RAM can be skipped although it will take much longer to CPU render the scene.

Sign In or Register to comment.