Huge thanks Anita. Very useful and informative. I guess I’ll take another look at V-Ray.
My work is basically as a very bespoke designer/maker for projects that can take a year or so for our small team. So as an intermittent user the interface is important for me. Having settings that relate to the real world is a reason I went for Maxwell in the first place apart from the finished quality sometimes possible.
The i9 does get hot. But no bad symptoms yet. My renders don’t take that long, or so long as they used to, but maybe that’s because they’re less complex lighting-wise There are a few here, where you’ll see what I mean:
Apologies for taking ages to reply - have been away from the desk!