Cycles_path_guiding tests

Here are some examples of just how much of a game changer path guiding and many light sampling will be - especially when used together (I downloaded the many light sampling branch to conduct these experiments as it includes the path guiding additions).

Vanilla Cycles - no clamping, no filter glossy, full GI preset

With Many Light Sampling enabled (sampling all lights)

The roof is a bit odd - but it has funky material that might not play well with many light sampling. I need to figure it out - but the overall noise level is much lower, with fewer bright fireflies.

Each image is 100 samples.

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