nVidia Driver. Minimum release that works with DS4.11? Answered

richardandtracy

I have a moderately elderly PC with Win 7 and an nVidia Quadro 2000 (8Gb). I have discovered the card is contributing nothing to iRay rendering, despite theoretically being able to do so. The driver release is 341.66, and it appears that the latest that covers the card is 377.83. Is this a high enough release to work with DS 4.11 (not sure where to look for the requirement)? If not, I will stick with a system that works and not risking breaking it.

You help is appreciated.

Regards,

Richard.

 

DrunkMonkeyProductions

That GPU won't work with current iray in 4.11, as it's a fermi based gpu. Keplar are the minimum now.

Also, according to the spec sheet the Quadro 2000 is only a 1GB gpu.

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/quadro-2000.c900

 

 

richardandtracy

Thanks, I have just discovered from this thread https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/330101/daz-studio-pro-4-11-highlights#latest that  release 418+ is the minimum.

The nVidia control panel reports 8Gb for the card, which agrees with the purchase spec on the machine from 2013. They were the highest spec available from the Quadro 2000 at the time.

So, I now have to either live with it or replace the card. Ah well, now I know. Much appreciated.

Richard.