Users of other Macs able to run macOS 11 Big Sur – the new App Store version is not available for older versions of the OS – get an extended Octane Prime subscription. Users of Mac Pro, iMac Pro and MacBook Pro systems get the Octane X Enterprise subscription, which provides access to integration plugins for 21 DCC and CAD apps, and to RNDR, Otoy’s GPU render network.Īfter that, the subscription is priced at €479.40/year (around $570/year). The switch of GPU computing framework from Nvidia’s CUDA to Apple’s Metal transforms Octane from a Nvidia-specific renderer to a hardware-agnostic one.Īs well as the AMD and Intel GPUs available in current Macs, that means Apple’s own hardware: the current build, Octane X PR8, supports Apple’s new M1 processors.įree for one year to users of any Mac capable of running macOS 11 Big SurĪlong with the availability of Octane X through the Mac App Store, Otoy has announced two new subscription plans for Mac users, both free for the first year. The firm has also announced two new subscription offers that make Octane X and all its integration plugins for DCC and CAD applications available free for one year to users of any Mac running macOS 11 Big Sur.Ī new Mac version of OctaneRender compatible with AMD, Intel and Apple GPUsįirst announced at Apple’s 2019 Worldwide Developers Conference and released publicly last year, Octane X is a “ground up” rewrite of OctaneRender for Apple hardware.

Otoy has announced that Octane X, the new Metal-native edition of OctaneRender, its GPU production renderer, is now available through the Mac App Store.

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