I am using Dell precision 3630 model to work with Twnimotion 2022 (DirectX 12).
Recently I replaced 6GB Nvidia Quadro graphics card with 8GB AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 in hope that 8GB graphics card will enable path tracer options in Twinmotion. Unfortunately it did not. Is there a way to make path tracer work with my current graphics card? If not, will there ever be (future Twinmotion updates/ edition 2023)? If not, what is the graphics card model that will support path tracer that you would recommend for my type of workstation model.
Unfortunately, that GPU does not support Path Tracer. Using Path Tracer requires a GPU that supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR), which is a DirectX 12 feature only supported on a selection of newer graphics cards. Right now, any of NVIDIA's RTX series cards will support Path Tracer, and from AMD the Radeon RX 6000 series or newer cards will support.
We like the software a lot. And now we are thinking about updating our PCs so that they are compatible with twinmotion and its toolbox. I know you will be releasing new 2023 version soon and I am wondering if there is going to be some tools that would require specific hardware (we are trying to avoid situation like it happened that our graphics card wasn't compatible with path tracer tool)? We are thinking about upgrading our Graphics card to 12GB NVIDIA RTX A2000 - do you think this will enable all the Twinmotion toolbox for current and future versions? Thanks
Thanks for the info. We like Twinmotion product a lot. Soon we will be updating our PCs with new hardware so that they can support full Twinmotion toolbox. Since I know you will soon be releasing 2023 version and probably have plans for 2024 version, I wanted to ask are there any specific hardware requirements we should keep in mind. So that we wouldn't end up in the same situation like with pathtracer which wouldn't work due to the wrong type of graphics card. We will be updating graphics cards to 12GB Nvidia RTX A2000 - would that enable all current and future twinmotion tools? Thanks.
And what are the implications of GPU's benchmark score lower than 15k? Does it mean that rendering time will be longer or is it quality of the images/videos that's going to suffer?
I'm not aware of any major upcoming features that would require specialized hardware in the same way that Path Tracer requires GPUs with hardware accelerated raytracing. Using an NVIDIA RTX GPU or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 series or newer should enable you to use all of Twinmotion's available features.
For your office's plans to switch to the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB, this card supports Path Tracer and should work with all of our existing and currently planned features. One thing to be aware of is that the GPU's benchmark score here is slightly below our recommended for high-end use (we recommend a score of 15,000 or higher here for high-end use). If you plan to do a lot of high-end work, or want to further future proof your computers' GPUs, we recommend getting a more powerful card, otherwise, it should be suitable for using all of the existing features we have.
Rendering quality won't be affected, but rendering times will be, so you will see longer render times. Additionally, lower benchmark scores can also mean that the GPU won't be able to handle larger workloads with more complex models, although this also is affected by the available VRAM for the GPU.