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Finally dipping my toe into dForce - OpenCL driver question

SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
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Well, I finally decided to update to D|S4.10 so I can try out dForce. I won't be able to run it properly until I get an upgraded computer with a nice hefty NVidia card, hopefully later this year, but running on CPU should let me see what it's like.

Just one issue — I have an old Intel Core i5 cpu, and right now it doesn't have the OpenCL 1.2 drivers needed for dForce. I've looked at the "dForce start here" thread, but I can't figure out which driver installer I need. Suggestions, anyone? Running Windows 7 with a freshly installed D|S4.10.0.123 and the CMS did (eventually...) install properly.

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  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,997

    You shoudl be able to find OpenCL drivers for Intel processors which shoudl provide what you need

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232

    Well, that page makes a bit more sense. Just one thing I'm not sure of; how do I find which (Intel?) generation driver I need, 4th, 5th, 6th etc.? There seems to be one "latest" download for each of them.

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,997

    Find your actual CPU type (from Control Panel> System) and look it up here

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232

    Nothing at that link quite seems to fit what my System panel says. Is this it? "Intel Core i5 760 @2.80 GHz"? My best guess is I have one of the early generations of Core i5 CPUs — although the "760" part (if that's what I think it is) is proving very hard to track down among all the different generation names.

    I'm beginning to think I ought to stick with my first plan and wait until I've finished saving up for a newer, more powerful computer with an Iray/dForce-capable NVidia card...

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 5,997

    I get lost with their numbering system too ! 

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232

    I've even tried googling "Intel Core i5 760" and I haven't (yet) found a matching generation name. Argleblargle.

    I wonder if I'll get anywhere with a query to Support...?

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 11,817

    According to wikipedia and intel the core i5 760 is a "lynfield" processor, part of "Nehalem microarchitecture (1st generation)".

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    Leana said:

    According to wikipedia and intel the core i5 760 is a "lynfield" processor, part of "Nehalem microarchitecture (1st generation)".

    That's me out, then — every driver download I've tried from the Intel site fails with a "computer spec not sufficient" error, all the "previous generation" drivers are actually 2nd generation. I even tried the Driver & Support Assistant, and all it said was "no updates available". Looks like I'll have to wait after all until I've saved up enough quatloos for that new computer.

  • ZilvergrafixZilvergrafix Posts: 1,385

    beware of dforce playing because that killed my GTX780Ti with their "kernel stopped and was recovered", then windows blocked my videocard "this device is locked by windows because it has a problem"

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,344
    Zilvergrafix said:

    beware of dforce playing because that killed my GTX780Ti with their "kernel stopped and was recovered", then windows blocked my videocard "this device is locked by windows because it has a problem"

    That sounds more like a hardware issue (which may well have shown up when the card was working hrd on a dForce sim).

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