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Not sure.

Basically I would say it could work.

Not the fastest GPU for todays needs but still a dedicated GPU.

 

AFAIK I thought the the 16 GB limit of shared(!) Memory is just meant

for M1 Macs with Redshift. Is see not why an 8 GB VRAM GPU should

not work with Redshift - as long as the Projects complexity fits into

the VRAM.

Please look at the official VW min Specs for Intel Macs.

 

Beside I do not think that Redshift is so important.

It will only shine with complex geometry that has complex Materials

and still fits into your GPU.

And in most cases it is not very "real time" like Blender's Eevee,

Twinmotion or Enscape. It also looks quite similar to standard

RW Rendering.

 

Where it will not help or be much faster than standard RW CPU Rendering

is with standard complex Geometry and reduced Materials without much

(blurry) refelections and other render time intensive settings,

where standard RW CPU rendering may be still much faster.

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Here are the system requirements by Maxon:

https://www.redshift3d.com/product/system-requirements

Also, I'd like to add that Vectorworks Cloud Services now has servers that meet the Redshift requirements. So, even if your hardware doesn't meet the system requirements you can submit jobs with Redshift render mode to be processed on the cloud. Redshift only currently works for Export Panorama and 360 path animation movies, but we are working to make it available for the other job types as well. 

 

I hope this helps.

 

Best regards,

Iskra Nikolova

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Thanks all.

 

Looks like my GPU isn't supported but I did download VW2022 and was able to use Redshift rendering mode.  It was faster then the typical custom renderworks style I use but I think that was due to the settings (fewer light bounces, etc.)  I'll need to do some more testing to see if it's any faster with matching settings.

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On 9/23/2021 at 2:02 PM, billtheia said:

Thanks all.

 

Looks like my GPU isn't supported but I did download VW2022 and was able to use Redshift rendering mode.  It was faster then the typical custom renderworks style I use but I think that was due to the settings (fewer light bounces, etc.)  I'll need to do some more testing to see if it's any faster with matching settings.

 

Hello @billtheia If you create a new Renderworks Render Style resource and choose Redshift by Maxon from the Type popup, there will be a little message saying whether VW thinks your computer can run Redshift or not.  If you choose a Redshift style and your computer doesn't support it then you will get a Custom Renderworks rendering.

 

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