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PRICE
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HOW TO
CHOOSE?
The best price / performance
ratio in the galaxy!
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A computing power of 1536
GHz is allocated to each project.
You can consult the
benchmarks page to see
some render times examples.
One
hour and a half on the
RANCH corresponds approximately
to a 1
week render
on a powerful 64-bit quad-core
Q6600 running @ 2.40 GHz. |
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The minimal
cost of a project is $10. This
fixed amount covers the ftp
account creation and hard disk
space management, bandwidth
usage and administration of
the farm. However, if the actual
render cost of your project
is greater than $10, you will
not pay this $10 fee : it will
be automatically deducted from
the total amount to pay. |
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It is possible
to pay directly with a PAYPAL
account (recommended), or with
a VISA or MASTERCARD credit
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Cost Control: a revolutionary feature!
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With the Cost Control feature, you are sure not to exceed your budget, as _you_ decide the maximum render time allocated to your project. Read all the details in the Vue-specific User Guide (section #4 and appendix D).
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Useful
tips for the new formulas:
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If you are a pro used to tight
deadlines and intends to use
the RANCH on a regular basis,
nothing will beat the Diamond formula. The only other
projects which may pass before
yours will then be the
currently running project (if
there is one of course), or
other Diamond projects which
arrived before yours in the
queue. |
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If you are
a hobbyist, not in a hurry and/or
on a tight budget, you can choose
the 'Sapphire' formula, as this
level of pricing is unheard
of amongst professional renderfarms.
If there is no other project
in the queue when your 'Sapphire'
project arrives, you get the
best of everything: you don't
wait, you benefit from an incredibly
low price, and you get the same
performance as a high-priority
project. But keep in mind that
other people may be doing the
same as you and are currently
uploading projects too... |
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Depending on
your budget and timetable, you
can also choose between two
other priority levels (higher
than Sapphire but lower than
Diamond): Emerald and Ruby.
Ruby is slightly more expensive
but has a higher priority than
Emerald. |
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If you chose
a low-priority formula, and
projects with a higher priority
keep adding before yours, you
can if you want increase its
priority (go from the 'Sapphire'
to the 'Ruby' status for instance).
This will move your project
toward the top of the list.
To do this at any moment - unless
of course the rendering of your
project has already begun -
go to your account, in the 'My
projects' section. |
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If you do not
want to take any chance and
are in a hurry choose the Diamond
formula. It has the maximum
priority of the pay per project
formulas. |
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