topic Mental Ray Rendering with CPU and GPU? in Maya Shading, Lighting and Rendering Forum

Mental Ray Rendering with CPU and GPU?

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 03:03:11 GMT

Hello,

I'm just wondering if there is a way to enable mental ray to use my 4GB GPU as well as my 16GB of RAM and CPU to maximize render speed.

GPU: Nvidia GTX 970

CPU: Intel i7-4790

Thanks!

mspeer — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:04:18 GMT

Hi!

The feature you need for using the GPU in addition to your CPU in Maya 2016 is:

Render Settings -> Quality -> Indirect Diffuse (GI) Mode, GI Prototype.

Render Settings -> Configuration -> GI Prototype Mode -> GI Next . (Show advanced settings needed for display)

The new Mental Ray Version for Maya 2017 works a lot better with "GI Next", but still needs some time for final release.

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 13:32:26 GMT

Thank you!