Render Engine - D5 Render | Realtime Raytracing

What is D5 Render?

D5 Render is a real-time renderer based on Unreal Engine 4 and RTX technology. It combines the benefits of both ray tracing and rasterization to get real-time interactivity and photo-realistic images simultaneously.

D5 Render is a GPU-based tool, with ray-tracing that requires both the GPU and the operating system to have corresponding modules, so they are essential factors in determining whether D5 can be run on your PC. The graphic card has a direct impact on the real-time effect and experience, as well as the final output time. Also, the video memory size determines the performance in handling complex scenes.

Main advantages

• RTX Real-time Ray-tracing - With the boost of RTX-accelerated hardware, you can export high-quality photos and videos in the blink of an eye.
• Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) - Integrate Nvidia DLSS technology to improve real-time accuracy and fluency, as well as reduce video memory consumption.
• FidelityFX Super Resolution（FSR）- The newest FSR (FidelityFX Super Resolution) technology from AMD brings higher framerates and better edge details.
• Large Scene Capability - Recursive data structure acceleration based on hierarchy significantly reduces the frequency of I/O communication between CPU and GPU, optimizing the drawing and calling of instance models when rendering.
• Camera Control - With smooth camera movements and smart calculations for keyframe angular/linear velocity, D5 supports variable speed easy in/out effects.
• Custom HDRI - In addition to built-in HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image), custom HDRI resources can be imported to improve sampling performance and reproduce lighting effects accurately.
• Weather System - Volumetric clouds, animated plants with wind, and high-precision fog. All of them contribute to a more story-telling environment.
• The New Generation PBR Material - Physically Based Rendering rules allow materials to exhibit accurate and unique results in all kinds of lighting conditions. Simplified PBR material templates help reduce the workload on creating and tuning materials.

Is It Free?

Beta is free. It is planned to release a community version for free. It will be lightweight and serve well for individual usage and educational purpose. The commercial version for pro users and enterprises costs $38/month or $360/year.

Credits: Quốc Vĩ Phan

D5 render Hardware and System requirements

D5 Render’s primary rendering pipeline is built based on DX12 + DXR. It needs Win10 v1809 and higher, with NVIDIA graphics card of GTX 1060 6GB and higher.

Creators developing the secondary rendering pipeline in parallel, which does not require DXR, and it will greatly improve the compatibility of OS and lower hardware requirements. It’s coming very soon.

D5 Render is a GPU-based tool, with ray-tracing that requires both the GPU and the operating system to have corresponding modules, so they are essential factors in determining whether D5 can be run on your PC. The graphic card has a direct impact on the real-time effect and experience, as well as the final output time. Also, the video memory size determines the performance in handling complex scenes.

Note

1. The GTX series will cost more in real-time operations with high-quality resources, but the rendering result is the same as the RTX series. In order to make D5 Render work at its best, and to bring a better real-time rendering experience, NVIDIA RTX series is recommended.

2. Forming factors of complex scenes: faces, light sources, high-res maps and plants, etc.

However, we strongly recommend upgrading to NVIDIA RTX series since this new architecture would secure at least 10x speed boost with our implementation. It is a game-changer for real-time design interactivity and efficient production of high-quality video animation.

D5 supporting formats

Sketchup, FBX, 3ds Max(through D5 converter plugin) and Blender are supported now. Rhino, Revit, C4D, and more 3D formats will be supported on the roadmap.

Credits: Trimanonymous

Overview

This is an overview video of D5 Render. D5 Render based on GPU rendering. Hardware specs are mainly on graphics cards since D5 is a GPU-based renderer, Especially optimized on RTX. The least requirements, for now, are GTX 1060 6GB, and the recommended GPU is from RTX 2060.

Download for Free or buy a Pro version of D5 Render you can here: https://www.d5techs.com/