Iray 2023.0.0 final
..was just released.
Major improvements over the beta:
Performance, performance, performance. :)
We mostly got back all the perf loss we introduced in the beta when running the new caustic sampler 2.0 (compared to cs 1.0 in 2022.1.X), plus we optimized general performance on the Ada Lovelace GPU architecture, and Iray is now faster when using rather complicated MDL materials (i.e. MDL JIT path is triggered).
Then a lot of performance optimizations all over the place, e.g. when using fibers/hair, rounded corners or cutouts.
In addition there is also one additional new major feature over the beta: Support for the new Mie phase function for volumes, introduced along with MDL 1.8.X.
On top we have dozens of important bug fixes, as usual.
The new release will also be available soon within Omniverse, of course, via the RTX Accurate rendering mode.