The new Intel Denoise function is pretty amazing, especially combined with NVidia's Optix support. [2.80 vs 2.81] : r/blender
Beginner Tutorial] How to Use Optix Accelerated Denoising in Blender w/ Ducky 3D - YouTube
Blender shows that my GTX gpu is compatible with OptiX. Is it true? - Lighting and Rendering - Blender Artists Community
Intel Open Image Denoiser is significantly better than NVIDIA's GPU-based OptiX in Blender cycles (3.2.1). Curious if OID might get Intel ARC GPU acceleration for increased speed. : r/intel
Andrew Price on Twitter: "Comparing Optix A.I. denoiser with Cycles Denoiser. By @BlenderBrit for @PoliigonHQ. There's no textures, but it's clearly better at uniform flat spaces which cycles denoiser usually fails at.