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Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:07 pm
by B.Y.O.B.
A quick comparison between the different light strategies at 1 Sample/Pixel.
The used strategy is noted on the bottom left in the statistics.
Note how the Rays/Sample value is especially low (good) in the DLSC image.
Re: Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:12 pm
by B.Y.O.B.
The noise in the areas where multiple lights "overlap" per cache entry begins to vanish after about 70 samples:
Re: Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:57 pm
by FarbigeWelt
Very nice post. It is hard to wait for all the improvements.
Re: Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:55 am
by marcatore
Surely I didn't understand the Samples/sec value. I understood that higher is better meaning that when the rays calculations are easy, the CPU (or GPU) can complete more rays calculation in the same time and it can sample more.
Nice to know that it's not like this.
Re: Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:38 am
by B.Y.O.B.
marcatore wrote: ↑Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:55 am
Surely I didn't understand the Samples/sec value.
No, you understood it correctly. I was talking about the
Rays/Sample, which is computed as (Rays/Sec) / (Samples/Sec).
This statistic was not visible until recently. It tells you how long the light paths per sample are on average.
Short light paths usually mean less noise.
Re: Direct Light Sampling Cache Test
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:59 am
by marcatore
Oh..sorry.. I've misread!
And I've gained a tip about scene efficency.
Thanks a lot