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when i choose my graphic card to render nothing happen

beignetpommebeignetpomme Posts: 40
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Hello !!

when i have installed Daz3D the default configuration for the rendering was setted to CPU, i heard we have to put our graphic card instead, so i choosed mine Geforce GTX 650 and nothing when i try to render nothing is happening ! it only works when i choose CPU, do you have an idea why ?

thank you ! :D

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  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019
    edited January 2018

    Is your card driver updated to a recent version?

    Also, the card has just 1GB of memory, so it could only render very small scenes. Most clothed and haired Genesis start out at 1.5-2GB with all the maps. In that case, the render drops from card to CPU. You can test if this is the case by loading a simple primitive and see if that renders.

    EDIT: cards are used to render faster than CPU, but rendering CPU also works. It just takes a lot longer, usually.

    Post edited by BeeMKay on
  • beignetpommebeignetpomme Posts: 40

    Yeah i tried to update it with windows, it loaded and said that the best pilot are already installed for my card...

    i'm on windows 7, i selected both on photoreal devices and interactive devices my card Geforce GTX 650, and i can't do any render or any preview, nothing is loading and nothing is happening.

    when i choose CPU, it's working but it's very slow and my comp is laggy (i guess because it's rendering from CPU)

    is there anything else i could try ?

    thank you !

  • beignetpommebeignetpomme Posts: 40

    but the last pilote are from 04/08/2012, i don't know, but the card is old yeah...

    i'll try with a simple primotive and tell you what happen !

  • beignetpommebeignetpomme Posts: 40
    edited January 2018

    i just checked i loaded a cube and tried to render it and it's not working at all ! lol

    maybe it's because my card is too old ?

    But at the moment i only need to render really simple scene to get a base for how to deal  with shadow etc... in my painting in photoshop, my character doesn't have hair too... so i don't mind if my card is a bit old, i just would like to see it working, at least to do a faster preview because using the CPU i can't work it takes really really long.

    Post edited by beignetpomme on
  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    Yes, probably.. Iray will stop working on older GPUs with one of the next updates: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/206696/daz-studio-4-10-pro-general-release-updated/p1

    And yes, CPU is slow.

    Have you considered rendering in 3Delight instead?

  • beignetpommebeignetpomme Posts: 40
    edited January 2018

    i tried 3Delight, it's really fast but there is no shadow on the ground and it doesn't look really good xD

    and for the preview, it's still using NVIDIA iray, i like working with the preview because i can see how the render will looks like and play with the light in same time, but using CPU is really too slow i can't do anything that's why i wanted to use my card.

    i guess if there is no other way i will have to buy a new card :\

    thank you for your help !

    Post edited by beignetpomme on
  • BeeMKayBeeMKay Posts: 7,019

    In 3Delight, you have to select the light and manually activate the shadows. The cool thing about 3Dl is that you have 100% control over the shadows, and a lot of other great stuff.

    But the look is, indeed, a bit different from Iray.

    You might find this thread interesting: https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/223466/advice-request-on-new-pc-and-graphics-card-gtx-1070-vs-gtx-1080ti#latest

    The topic of cards/render PC pops up regularly in the Commons section...

  • TomDowdTomDowd Posts: 198

    Also try getting your video card driver directly from NVIDIA. Windows installs the most recent stable driver they have that has passed their testing which is not necessarily the most recent or best driver. 

  • novelist999novelist999 Posts: 90

    I know this is an old post, but did you ever figure it out? I'm having the same problem with my GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, which other 3D artists recommended that I get for Daz Studio. It must be something with the drivers.

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,690
    edited July 2020

    How old are your drivers? There's a minimum requirement for the version to use: 

    REQUIRES NVIDIA Driver 441.22 (or newer) on Windows for pre-Turing GPUs, 442.19 (or newer) on Windows for Turing GPUs;

    Post edited by Leana on
  • solisphotographysolisphotography Posts: 39

    I've just discovered the same problem. I have the most current driver: 451.77

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