Render Without Limits: Octane and Render Farm in 2025

From procedural modeling and AI-assisted animation to intelligent denoisers and upscalers, AI tools have helped to speed up workflows and reduce repetitive tasks. However, while AI can assist and optimize rendering processes, there is one fundamental truth: AI enhances rendering, but it doesn’t replace it.

Even with AI-powered tools helping artists iterate faster, high-fidelity rendering—especially in OctaneRender—remains a GPU-intensive task. No matter how advanced AI-driven optimizations become, they cannot substitute for the physically accurate calculations needed for path-tracing, realistic light bounces, and complex ray-traced effects.

This is why cloud-based render farms remain essential in 2025. For OctaneRender users, a high-performance GPU render farm like iRender provides the scalability, speed, and power necessary to bring creative visions to life without being bottlenecked by hardware limitations.

Rendering a C4D scene with Octane on iRender’s 8 x RTX 4090 server

Why Render Farms Remain Essential

Modern AI-driven tools have significantly improved rendering workflows, but they do not replace high-resolution path-traced rendering. AI-powered denoisers help refine previews but still require powerful GPUs to generate accurate frames. Final production renders rely on full light transport calculations, ray tracing, and volumetric effects that only high-end GPUs can process effectively.

While AI optimizations help certain aspects of rendering, they often increase GPU demands rather than decrease them. AI-driven material generation, deep-learning-based simulations, and automated lighting enhancements require significant GPU power to process efficiently. Even high-end workstations reach their limits when working with high-poly assets, complex shaders, and volumetric lighting simulations.

For freelancers and studios alike, rendering speed is crucial. Complex animations and large-scale projects can take hours or even days to render on local machines, delaying production timelines and creative iterations. Instead of investing thousands in additional GPUs, artists can turn to cost-effective, cloud-based rendering solutions like iRender where they meet deadlines without compromising on quality.

iRender: A Next-Generation Render Farm for OctaneRender Artists

Unlike traditional render farms, iRender operates as an IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) platform, giving artists complete control over high-performance GPU workstations. Instead of simply submitting jobs and waiting, iRender enables real-time interaction, letting artists tweak and refine renders just as they would on a local machine—but with far greater power.

Why OctaneRender Artists Choose iRender

• Dedicated High-Performance Multi-GPU Servers

OctaneRender is designed for multi-GPU acceleration, and iRender provides the best environment for unlocking its full potential.
Users can access from single GPU to multiple GPU servers: 1/2/4/6/8 x RTX 4090 / RTX 3090 GPUs. Get direct access to a dedicated machine, no need to queue for rendering.

• Full Creative Control

Unlike traditional render farms where you submit a job and wait, iRender offers remote desktop access to high-end GPU servers, making it feel like an extension of your own workstation.

1. Install any version of OctaneRender and any 3D software (Cinema 4D, Blender, Houdini, Maya, UE, etc.).
2. Pause, tweak, and resume renders at any time—no need to restart from scratch.
3. Work in a familiar environment while leveraging powerful multi-GPU performance.

• Cost-Efficient Scaling

Render power should be flexible and cost-efficient. iRender ensures that artists only pay for the resources they use. With pay-as-you-go pricing, artists rent GPUs only when they need them. Plus, there are long-term rental options for studios handling large-scale projects. This flexibility allows you to scale up or down instantly, without the need to invest in expensive local GPUs.

• Optimized Performance & 24/7 Support

iRender’s enterprise-grade hardware ensures consistent performance, reducing the risk of failed renders. Also, its 24/7 expert support ensures that artists receive guidance whenever needed, keeping projects running smoothly.

What’s Next for iRender?

Even in this AI booming era, raw GPU power remains the foundation of high-quality rendering. OctaneRender artists need access to powerful, scalable solutions, and iRender delivers exactly that—flexibility, control, and top-tier performance.

The 3D rendering industry continues to evolve, and iRender remains at the forefront of innovation by integrating the latest GPU advancements and cloud-based technologies. One of its latest features is the Staking (Stake to Earn) program. Users can stake unused iRender Points to earn additional render credits.
As NVIDIA releases next-generation RTX 5090 GPUs, iRender will soon integrate them for even faster performance. Another exciting development in 2025, a new data center in South Korea is on the horizon.

Sign up for iRender today and experience next-gen Octane rendering performance!