GPU Rendering

An important rendering consideration is whether to run jobs locally or on the network. The decision can be personal, driven by costs or standards, or be the optimal choice for your organization. Before you decide, consider the following pros and cons.

Local rendering provides a known, reliable, dedicated rendering resource which may be ideal if you render multiple times per day and your jobs are not too large. However, a desk side, GPU rendering workstation limits the number of GPUs or CPU cores and may be too loud.

Network rendering is easily expandable and accelerates large scale, detailed renders. Although rack-mounted rendering systems are specialized and lack some of the capabilities of a desk side workstation, they easily make up for it in sheer density and power. Upfront system costs are also higher, but a network render farm holds the advantage in resource efficiency.  Learn More

When multiple users require rendering resources, a network render manager may be essential. These standalone software packages allow you to manage render sequences and prioritize jobs through pausing and resuming. They also support distributing render jobs across multiple desk side or rackmount systems. The management and automation provided by network render managers can be extremely beneficial in accelerating VFX production.

While free, open-source options like OpenCue, Flamenco (for Blender), and Afanasy are available, most pros prefer to use more powerful, full-featured solutions like PipelineFX Qube! or AWS Thinkbox Deadline.

Real-time ray-tracing offers the highest level of realism, while NVLink Bridge provides a significantly faster alternative for multi-GPU systems than traditional PCIe-based solutions. Connecting two NVIDIA GPUs via NVLink enables scaling of memory and performance to meet the most demanding workflows.

NVIDIA EGX Platform supports GPU rendering by combining NVIDIA software with third-party RTX-enabled software to render final frames and produce photo-realistic images faster than ever before. See an updated list of NVIDIA RTX enabled applications

If you choose a RAXX GPU rendering system, consider NVIDA EGX Platform. This solution brings you a validated, proven solution for systems equipped with NVIDIA RTX A6000 or NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation GPUs.

NVIDIA EGX Platform supports GPU rendering by combining NVIDIA software with third-party RTX-enabled software to render final frames and produce photo-realistic images faster than ever before. Click here to learn more.

Single GPU and Multi-GPU Rendering

If you select a RAXX rackmount system, you are most-likely using it exclusively for GPU rendering. Even if you buy a desk side system, you may intend for GPU rendering to be its primary function. Regardless of your situation, in order to afford the most effective GPUs, it’s wise not to overspend on other technologies. This said, for GPUs to perform their best, you need to meet basic configuration standards.

Minimum Configurations: Multitasking or GPU Rendering Only

GPU rendering can be accelerated by adding more GPUs to your system, however, there are GPU render engines that only utilize a single GPU. These single GPU render engines include Enscape, Twinmotion, and Lumion. To optimize demanding rendering which often requires multiple GPUs, consider the following render engines.