Hello folks, I’ve just build a new computer with a nice GTX-970, I’ve been just installed ubuntu 14.04 and… I cannot use GPU rendering with the latest bulid version of Blender (2.72.2).
My nividia driver is the 343.22 version (the latest stable version). Anyone has encounterd the same problem?
Yes I’ve been updated the PPA, and after that installed the 343 driver. I’ve tried to use the 346.16.run on nvidia page, but it made crash my computer, and I had to completly reinstall the OS, because I couldn’t recover my xorg.
No matter are not the same versions, you can install this package. Of course, you download the file corresponding to the architecture of your system (32 or 64bits).
By the way, if you mean Xorg edgers PPA, you remember to disable this PPA after installing the driver.
Hi Niva, do you use the latest Release of Blender 2.72b?
It does not support GTX 970/80, you have to use latest development from https://builder.blender.org/download/
Good to know that you have been able to make it work.
For any Ubuntu user that can reach this thread, I must say that from nvidia 331 driver you must install the “nvidia-modprobe” package to have access to CUDA as a normal user. In ubuntu 14.04 install it manually. In newer versions of Ubuntu, this package is probably install automatically with the driver. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1361207
I’ve made what you said, I’ve installed the nvidia-moprobe, and after that the corrected cuda for GTX9xx series on this link.
And It still doesn’t works, I don’t know why after an other download of the latest development build on mib link, wich it was also on the bleder wiki on the top of the release log, it works.
I think the nvidia 346.22 driver cannot works well, and I won’t try to use the 346.16 again ^^.
Because mib2berlin is right, for GTX-970 you also need the latest version of blender from buildbot. Have you been able to use CUDA in Blender with version 343.22, right?
By the way, if you download the official version of blender or version from buildbot, you don’t need install CUDA Toolkit because those versions have the precompiled CUDA kernel. You only need the driver. I guess this (not needed CUDA Toolkit) is valid for GTX 970 too, but I’m not sure.
Yes I’m very happy with it, and it’s noty very expensive too. I’ve bought the msi Version because it’s overclocked by MSI itself, with waranty, and a friend has convinced me with the military class IV quality.
I’ve downloaded the deb package from that link (>1 GB).
Installing this package dropped a few other packages onto the system, but did not install them.
From those I’ve installed “cuda-6.5”. After that “cuda-toolkit-6-5” had been installed along with some other stuff.
But the “Compute Device” in User Preferences - System is still “None”…