Siggraph sounds like a candy store for 3dcg artists,
. Thanks for the info. I hope C6 takes off to a good start, and I do like some of the sneak peaks Im seeing at DAZ alot lately(especialy some of those landscape pictures with DH).
Now that Im experiencing Carrara more(it was always a backup to Shade for me), I would say the that Carraras native renderer is faster than Shades native renderer at the same settings, and looks cleaner(IMO), by a good margin in GI(although Shade 9 may change that). Callisto is ALOT better, but its also more expensive in the Pro version(it also has no resume render or networking).
I have cranked up the settings in Carrara, and yes is slows waaay down, but it still seems faster and should I say, different for GI noise(but less), IMHO, then Shades native renderer(and I was using 64bit Shade too). I like both programs for what they are, but I would have to say, overall, Carrara is the better deal, even without the current DAZ sale. Fastest renderer I've used, with the best quality, was C4D GO(lesser version of C4D at the time).
Just my .02
