Cycles X, 2-7 times FASTER? Blender 3.0

    You knew I would record a video testing new Cycles X, right? Here we go, it’s faster and you can confirm it too. I used Blender 3.0.0 experimental build.

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    My GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080TI

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    Custom Blender builds, including Bone Studio build

    Tests used in the video (basically that’s our Blender Cycles scenes):
    00:49 – The Dusty Cellar test
    04:43 – The Bottles – glass shader pathtracing test
    07:01 – The Lamp test
    08:10 – The Sci-fi Helmet test
    10:42 – The Nebulae test
    12:32 – The Procedural Shader test (wip Procedural Texturing course)

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    Procedural Texturing course for Blender – coming soon!

    Music: Two Moons by Bobby Richards