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Hi guys, today I'm presenting to you a much overlooked application that shows us the features of raytracing.
nVidia Design Garage
System Requirements:
Win Vista and Win 7
A GTX200/GTX400/GTX500 GPU (Min 896 memory, 1.5GB for HD resolution)
Download Link: NVIDIA Cool Stuff
How to use:
1. Start the software, it'll look pixelated, but don't worry, thats how its supposed to look at first.
2. Click on HQ on top right corner to disable HQ mode for now.
3. Use controls on top to select scenery and customize.
4. Click on HQ again to turn on HQ.
5. Let it render for sometime, pixel artifacts will slowly disappear as rays are traced and drawn on the screen.
6. After you think it looks good enough take a screenshot and post here.
Notes:
~The software only renders when in focus, so you can do it overnight or do it while listening to music. The green icon on bottom right of app lights up when its rendering, else its goes gray.
~The software never stops rendering, its an infinite algo, more you render, more detailed the image becomes, I'd say about 1hr of rendering on my card @ 1024x768 looks good enough.
~Overnight runs under right settings looks beyond real
~Be careful with your mouse, if you even click the screen it will start rendering from scratch, so an overnight render might go to waste. So make sure to take the screenshot before doing anything else.
~App may crash with sli or msi afterburner in background, you may need to disable them.
Important: This app is very stressful, while not as much as furmark this app stresses both vram as well as gpu core, very much like a game, so passing stress with this is as same as passing multiple stresses with crysis, and it draws a pretty picture while at it, very recommended for testing your card and oc.
Sample Pics Rendered by me:
3 hrs:
*i.imgur.com/gJpPT.jpg
2 hrs:
*i.imgur.com/I1OUH.jpg
So, show us what your gpu can do, post sample pics here.
nVidia Design Garage
System Requirements:
Win Vista and Win 7
A GTX200/GTX400/GTX500 GPU (Min 896 memory, 1.5GB for HD resolution)
Download Link: NVIDIA Cool Stuff
How to use:
1. Start the software, it'll look pixelated, but don't worry, thats how its supposed to look at first.
2. Click on HQ on top right corner to disable HQ mode for now.
3. Use controls on top to select scenery and customize.
4. Click on HQ again to turn on HQ.
5. Let it render for sometime, pixel artifacts will slowly disappear as rays are traced and drawn on the screen.
6. After you think it looks good enough take a screenshot and post here.
Notes:
~The software only renders when in focus, so you can do it overnight or do it while listening to music. The green icon on bottom right of app lights up when its rendering, else its goes gray.
~The software never stops rendering, its an infinite algo, more you render, more detailed the image becomes, I'd say about 1hr of rendering on my card @ 1024x768 looks good enough.
~Overnight runs under right settings looks beyond real
~Be careful with your mouse, if you even click the screen it will start rendering from scratch, so an overnight render might go to waste. So make sure to take the screenshot before doing anything else.
~App may crash with sli or msi afterburner in background, you may need to disable them.
Important: This app is very stressful, while not as much as furmark this app stresses both vram as well as gpu core, very much like a game, so passing stress with this is as same as passing multiple stresses with crysis, and it draws a pretty picture while at it, very recommended for testing your card and oc.
Sample Pics Rendered by me:
3 hrs:
*i.imgur.com/gJpPT.jpg
2 hrs:
*i.imgur.com/I1OUH.jpg
So, show us what your gpu can do, post sample pics here.
