CUDA drivers for OS Yoemite Mac Pro 3.7 GHz Quad Intel with AMD FirePro D300 2048 MB video card

[Walter Soyka]

CUDA is a proprietary NVIDIA technology. AMD FirePro GPUs cannot use CUDA and do not require or benefit from CUDA drivers.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Todd Kopriva]

Beyond what Walter said: Installing CUDA software on a system without CUDA hardware can cause problems.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects product manager and curmudgeon
After Effects team blog
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[Olly Coleman]

Thanks Walter, I’ve arrived at that realisation fairly quickly now looking at you other discussions. So as I’m using AE CS6, ray traced 3D will not work on my new machine, but if i get a CC sub I can utilise the C4D inclusion? Crafty Adobe, very clever.

[Walter Soyka]

[Olly Coleman] “So as I’m using AE CS6, ray traced 3D will not work on my new machine, but if i get a CC sub I can utilise the C4D inclusion? Crafty Adobe, very clever.”

Ray-traced 3D is accelerated by an NVIDIA GPU, but it does not require one. When no suitable CUDA GPU is available, the ray tracing renderer falls back to CPU rendering. You can still use it just fine.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Olly Coleman]

AAhh gotcha! Thanks Walter, you’re effin awesome dude. Cheers.
Olly