Next Limit’s Maxwell 4 shipping
Oct 13, 2016 by Joel LeLievre
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The latest version of Next Limit’s renderer brings GPU rendering (on NVidia graphic cards with CUDA support), Multilight standalone, revamped material gallery, Rhino for Mac support, improved Revit integration, etc. The Madrid-based company has implemented licensing changes that now allow to choose only one integration plugin for use with a 3D application when purchasing Maxwell, and requires to pay for extra ones (previously all integration plugins were available to Maxwell owners). The changes resulted in numerous complaints from users, which Next Limit is trying to address by giving those who are upgrading from previous versions 2 licenses per upgrade. This allows them to choose between 2 plugin integrations or one plugin and Maxwell Studio. In case customers already had render nodes with older Maxwell versions, they can also upgrade these for free.
Being the first release of the GPU implementation, it is missing some features. Next Limit has made public a GPU roadmap with upcoming developments.
New nodelocked licenses cost 695€/$795 and floating ones 895€/$995. Nodelocked upgrades cost 495€/$595 and floating ones 595€/$695. GPU rendering is not compatible with Macs, as it currently needs NVidia CUDA cards to run. More information on Maxwell Render’s blog and new features page.
Being the first release of the GPU implementation, it is missing some features. Next Limit has made public a GPU roadmap with upcoming developments.
New nodelocked licenses cost 695€/$795 and floating ones 895€/$995. Nodelocked upgrades cost 495€/$595 and floating ones 595€/$695. GPU rendering is not compatible with Macs, as it currently needs NVidia CUDA cards to run. More information on Maxwell Render’s blog and new features page.
