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After Effects CC15.3 GPU not available with Quadro FX 4800 on Mac Pro 2010
Hello dear community,
First my configuration :
Mac Pro mid-2010 (5.1) 2 x 6 core, 32 Go RAM, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 1500 Mo DDR3
After Effects CC 15.3
Last updated drivers for NVIDIA and CUDA.Here’s the problem :
In the “GPU Informations” panel inside AE preferences, it’s impossible to select the GPU for raytracing, it appears grey in the drop-down menu.
(sorry it’s in french)
Ebauche rapide : Disponible
Mémoire de textures : 614,00 Mo
Lancer de rayon : Unité centrale
(GPU indisponible – Périphérique ou pilote CUDA incompatible)
OpenGL
Fournisseur : NVIDIA Corporation
Périphérique : NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 OpenGL Engine
Version : 2.1 NVIDIA-10.11.13 346.03.15f03
Mémoire totale : 1,50 Go
Modèle d’ombrage : –
CUDA
Version du pilote : (5.0 ou version ultérieure requise)
Périphériques : –
Mémoire utilisable actuelle : –
Mémoire utilisable max. : –Any clue about this ? After Effects recognizes the NVIDIA card but says it’s incompatible.
I know it would be much better to work with Cinema4D but the problem is i’m not the one who created this project, i have to work on it and deal with the raytraced 3D…
Thanks to everyone for your help 😉
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7 Replies
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Hello Dave, thank you I know about that already.
As I said if i had choice, i would prefer to work with C4D.
But the project I’m working on is not mine and I have to update many elements inside this project. It has been made using raytrace 3D and I have no other choice.
The problem is not raytracing, but why After Effects recognize my graphic card and still saying it’s not compatible. -
[Sebastien Bruzzo] “The problem is not raytracing, but why After Effects recognize my graphic card and still saying it’s not compatible.”
Perhaps you need to install NVIDIA’s CUDA drivers:
https://www.nvidia.com/object/mac-driver-archive.htmlWalter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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I already did, all drivers for NVIDIA, CUDA, updates for OSX have been installed.
As shown on the screen capture, After Effects (latest version) recognize the graphic card.
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The CUDA driver is separate from the GPU drivers. What version of the CUDA driver is installed?
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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The last one, as i said. CUDA 8.0.46
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I’m sorry, I missed that the first time around. I’m not sure I can help you without a similar hardware configuration here to test. What you have done should work. Does the CUDA control panel run ok?
You can still render the project without CUDA — the ray-tracer works on the CPU, too. The FX 4800 is not exactly a speed champion, so you may not be giving up a huge amount of performance.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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Yep, it should work, but the CUDA panel is empty.
The raytraced comps gives me a saturated memory error alert :“After Effects error: Ray-Traced 3D: Out of paged mapped memory for Ray tracer. Your project may exceed GPU limits. Try closing other applications. Try updating the CUDA driver. ( 5070 :: 2 )”
That’s why i wanted to understand and fix the problem. I also tried to add my graphic card in the “raytracer_supported_cards.txt” but it has no effect. This trick is working on an iMac 27″ with a GeForce GTX 780M (i have tested today), and allows to select the GPU in the drop-down menu.
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