Well, I started with GTX 1080 (ran on it for about a year), then I bought two 2080ti. Unfortunately, I chose Gigabyte cards and encountered a very unpleasant overheating problem. Which I have had for over a year now, and which makes me have to undervolt them. For rendering static images it's enough, but for animations it would be nice to have something more powerful. I didn't see much point in swapping them for a 3090ti, though. 2x2080ti are roughly equal to one 3090ti, so I've been waiting for the 40 series for a long time. I'm pretty sure they'll be out by the time I start working on my new project, and then the work will be a lot more enjoyable.That's very interesting news. I think your renderings are excellent regarding the quality of the final result, and I see they improved during the game (but they were very good since the beginning). Can I ask you if your set up has changed from when you started working on the game? What model of graphic cards have you got? I suppose you have one or more NVIDIA cards. Do you feel satisfied with your current setup or do you often finish all the VRAM on the graphic card?
Do you currently use Blender for animations?
As for VRAM, I really lack it. Right now I'm making a special render with 8 characters in 4K resolution, and in order to keep my PC from dying, I have to render the first 4 characters at one pic, then the other 4 on the second. Then go to photoshop and make it into a single picture. Surely, with a 3090ti, I wouldn't have this problem. And with the 4090ti... Well, there should be plenty of extra VRAM.
I do my animations in Daz. It's awfully inconvenient, but I'm used to it.