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Mac AE CS6 Ray-traced 3D Render Not functioning on GTX 570 (Mac EFI)
Hi guys
Having some problems with the ray-traced renderer in AE using GPU acceleration on a GTX 570 on a mac. The card is chipped with a mac EFI and I have the most current CUDA and NVIDIA drivers available (see tech details at bottom).
Symptoms:
With GPU acceleration off, and the comp set to ‘ray-traced renderer‘ and ‘off (final quality)’ being the preview setting all is fine. 3D layers all display fine.
However, as soon as the GPU acceleration is switched on I see no 3D layers in anything but fast draft mode. All 3D layers simply vanish. Is this normal? Sorry if I missed something fundamental about CUDA acceleration in previews… but this is a mystery to me!
Running 10.8.2, AE CS6 11.0.2.11, Mac 5,1, EVGA GTX 570 1.25GB (Mac EFI) in slot 1, CUDA Driver Version: 5.0.37, NVIDIA drivers: 304.00.05f02
Many thanks for your help guys, any experienced NVIDIA mac users please do get in touch!
Matthew
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15 Replies
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I have the same card working in my MacPro.
BTW I’m running 10.8.2
Have you done this:
https://www.vidmuze.com/how-to-enable-gpu-cuda-in-adobe-cs6-for-mac/
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Thanks for the reply – yes I have.
So ray-traced renderer works well with you in previews – no weirdnesses?
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Just as a point of comparison, I have this card running fine in my HP Z820.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
(Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid -
Thanks buddy – this is more of a mac issue I think.
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Gotcha. 😀
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
(Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid -
Hi Dave any words of wisdom for CS6?
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Hi Dave.
Which machine? 😀 I still have Mac Pro and HP Z820.
I guess its a moot point since I havent run CS4 for several years. Sorry.
Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxPrG3WUyz8
(Best viewed at 1080P and full screen)
HP Z820 Dual 2687
64GB ram
Dulce DQg2 16TB raid -
Hmm. Sounds like you’ve done all the required bits.
I’d try zapping the PRAM, resetting the power management (unplug the MacPro and press the Power On button then plug the machine in), and trashing the AFter Effects prefs.
After that I’m out of suggestions.
I purchased my card from htwizard. He was very helpful troubleshooting an issue I had with another card installed (Matrox MX0) and a displayport issue for a second monitor and now I’m a happy camper.
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Interesting so just to be certain you’re getting cuda to accelerate ray traced previews? Ie not fast draft mode? Many thanks!
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Here is my video card:
Yes. In Draft, Fast Draft and Adaptive Resolution I have GPU accelerated previews.
Draft and Fast Draft are *faster* but Adaptive Resolution is also much faster than CPU based ray-tracing. How many rays have you enabled in the 3d preferences? That might be the issue.
Here is a screen capture video using 8 rays.
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