NVIDIA 1080 not utilized at all?
codilx
Posts: 5
Hello,
I can't seem to Daz3D to utilize my NVIDIA 1080 at all when rendering with Iray.
I've enabled the GPU and disabled the CPU in the advanced rendering tab, I've also tried enabling both, but neither option utilizes the GPU at all. This is the render log:
Rendering in NVIDIA IrayCompiling Shaders - 0/1Rendering imageRendering...Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.2 IRAY rend progr: CUDA device 0 (GeForce GTX 1080): Processing scene...Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Geometry memory consumption: 112.144 MiB (device 0), 0 B (host)Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Texture memory consumption: 4.14651 GiB (device 0)Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Lights memory consumption: 353.035 KiB (device 0)Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Material measurement memory consumption: 0 B (GPU)Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : PTX code (8.16 KiB) for sm61 generated in 0.123sIray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Materials memory consumption: 189.289 KiB (GPU)Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.2 IRAY rend progr: CPU: Processing scene...Iray VERBOSE - module:category(IRAY:RENDER): 1.3 IRAY rend stat : Native CPU code generated in 0.0273sIray Iteration: 1Iray :Render target canvas was written.....Task manager shows CPU at 100%, GPU not utilized however it seems that the scene was loaded into GPU memory.
GPU-Z confirms that the GPU isn't under any load other than that the memory is used.
Daz3D seems to show the GPU is properly identified etc
I'm running latest Nvidia drivers as well as the latest Daz3D version as of this post.
What gives?
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The latest nVidia driver is known to be problematic - try rolling back to a slightly older one while they work on the version.
What version would be recommended?
As far as I know any older version works, it's just the most recent that has issues with Iray.
Thanks. What worked was rolling back to 417.01 https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/140341
Which is great for Daz3D Studio, but very bad for other stuff I'm running.. Ooof.. Installing and reinstalling drivers as I switch programs is going to be fun ..
Could we please have a pinned thread regarding DS and new nVidia driver releases, were users can warn others about flacky new drivers?
I had updated to that new driver myself when it came out and was relieved that rolling back had fixed the problem.
Question is now - when is it save to update the driver?
Would be helpful, but I'm wondering if Daz3D or Nvidia are to blame for this.. Tried latest drivers released today (418.91) and GPU rendering is still not working with the latest Daz3D 4.10 or the 4.11 beta.
So as it stands all drivers that have G-Sync compatibility for FreeSync monitors are not working with Daz3D. So now I have a choice of either Daz3D or G-Sync and reinstalling drivers back and forth .. This is so dumb
The most recent one that works for me is the one released January 15, 2019: 417.71 (pardon the en-us-centric url) https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141906/en-us
Had just updated to 418.91 this morning when I encountered the problem (illegal CUDA instruction in the logs, no iRay , falls back to CPU.)
I tried 418.81 (Feb 4): nope. guess I had skipped that one. It did render a cube primitive fine, but I loaded a figure and it failed.
Tried 417.71 (Jan 15): Works!
It is a known issue, Nvidia calls the problem "[Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]"
So, since Feb 4th, 2019 iRay is broken (for more than rendering simple primitives, didn't explore further.) Hopefully fixed next release?
nVidia, as bdsinger says it's noted on their site and affects all implementations of Iray.
FYI,
The latest 419.35 Nvidia driver works OK btw.
in my case, on task manager, right side window of GPU, in "copy" nothing show
while i render in Iray, I use "compute_0" to see result, it report 93% to 99% use
previous port pic,,
https://www.daz3d.com/forums/uploads/FileUpload/22/f0ed2d2b72cb2748eca0c713e55876.jpg
note:
also the GPU memory not show correctly in task manager resources when your scene use more than 1.8 GB video memory
Ditto. I had to roll back to 417.71 twice now. None of the new updates have worked, and rolling back caused havoc with other things (Poser Superfly hasn't been too happy since then.) Can't wait till Nvidia actually gets this fixed.
I'm not sure what that means, but for me I no longer fall back to CPU renders.
I'll roll back the driver and compare renders times to see if that makes a difference.
-- UPDATE:
I rolled back to 417.71, re-rendered the scene and had almost the exact same rendering times; 36.5 vs 36 minutes. No CPU, both 1080 & 1060 GPU's as well as OptiX enabled.
I'm upgrading back to 419.35.
For what it's worth.
BRO , im specialist of 1080 . Try the new NVIDIA CREATOR drivers
The issue was fixed with the 419.17 driver. See page 16. Later releases should work fine.
"[Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]"
Are you sure it was fixed? I think I might be having this issue, Studio seems to have forgotten that my card even exists, but the driver is on 419.67 .
*Yeah, resolved my issue by rolling back again. Something between Studio and 419.67 is not working for me. Shame that their new creator driver path is starting on one that doesn't seem to be working with Studio...
A few people have reported that the latest 419 version driver doesn't fix the problem for them; the only fix for the moment seems to be rolling back to a pre-418 version.
it need to install full version drivers instead of upgrade!
- rolling back not work, some of main drivers files can't removed or changed
the solution is to full uninstall video drivers via Windows ""safe mode"" and install manualy new full version.
I second that.
The regular 419.67 driver was still giving me falling back to CPU problems. But I installed the current Creator driver instead, and haven't had any problems with it so far.
Thanks for that tip altotre!