GreenButton
Hi, i recently tried out GreenButton for Blender 2.5, and WOW... That thing there is really cool.. :) It's so much faster than what I'm used to. I think cloud rendering is here to stay.
I started off quietly, and sent of a little test with a 100 frames worth of animation. It took about 6mins a frame with full sample motion-blur with 5 motion samples. That would be about 550 Minutes worth of rendering here at my computer, plus the time i would use to compile into an avi. After sending it to GreenButton i could download the animation in lossless avi quality after about half an hour. At only $20 pr. month in subscription, i think that is worth every cent. I also later sent of a 500 frame animation that after my calculations would have used approximately 8-9 days here at my humble Q6600. Using GreenButton i could download the finished movie 10 hours later. At my computer it was about 25mins pr. frame full HD. This saves me tons of time, and money.
It also calculates what the cost would be if one wanted to use the premium service, which is more expensive, but again, it's faster too. The 500 frame animation would have cost me approx. $441.. But with the monthly subscription, i can render as much as i want, with great speed. It's definitely worth the subscription cost. I strongly recommend using GreenButton if you need render-power, at a sensible price.
Until next time. =) -c-