I have a macbook air with nvidia geforce 320m & I’m able to select it as gpu with experimental being set, but no luck after opencl error saying it failed.
If there is any possible way to get this working, please let me know. Thanks.
The Nvidia Geforce 320m GPU does not support CUDA. The main goal for the MacBookAir is long work time thus the used GPU is power friendly.
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oh great so that means for internal development the card is indeed supported by NVIDIA for CUDA.
I did a quick check with Google and it was stated it was not supported.
PERFECT!
One note of advice - keep in mind that CUDA will make the GPU run hot meaning you will expose the computer to a lot of thermal stress. I am not sure how well the Airs are designed for this heat exposure.
I could be very fine or not over time year or more of heavy CUDA use.
Thus don’t forget about online rendering as an alternative!
What online render farm would you recommend?
The one I like the most is Render.st.
Very simple interface and via FTP you can upload / sync complete folders without having to pack files.
Another option would be an external GPU box.
This way you can use the GPU you want and do not apply any heat stress onto the laptop.
They are of course not very cheap - but I think by today one can also do a DIY box.
I just read in a German paper that specifically this idea will become more commercially available for gamers
so the prices will drop.
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