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DS 4.9.3.166 64bit will not use GPU on alienware laptop

ImagineThatCGIImagineThatCGI Posts: 33
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi all 

Been using DS quite a bit and wondering why my renders were so slow ... I've always had both CPU and GPU selected in both photoreal and interactive ... 

So I downloaded GPU-Z today to have a closer look at what it going on under the hood and ... only my CPU is processing the render. My GPU load is 0%

So I changed my photoreal and interactive render devices to both be GPU only and ... it does not render anything at all. Even a trivial scene with only a vase and a background. No render activity whatsoever. 

I'm running an Alienware laptop (windows 10) with 8 GB Ram, an nvidia geforce GTX 965M (2GB) and a 1TB HD that is only 50% full.

In my nvidia control panel my nvidia GPU is selected as the default graphics processor. Under programs, I have DS specifically configured as nvidia GPU always. 

I have tried every possible config that I can think of and still it refuses to use the nvidia gpu to render. 

I have already search the web and forums to see if this has been solved by others already but I did not find a solution that worked for me. 

Any help to sort this out would be appreciated. Thank you

TJ

Comments

  • ImagineThatCGIImagineThatCGI Posts: 33

    Problem solved.

    Upgraded nvidia drivers to version 982.05

    Happy rendering

    TJ

     

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