Questions tagged [hardware]
Use for questions relating to Blender's performance and usage of computer hardware.
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How to setup Grease Pencil to switch to eraser based on my tablet pen's eraser (Intuous Pro with Pro Pen 2)?
I have a Wacom Intuos Pro with a Pro Pen 2. The pen has an eraser, but I can't set it up in Blender to use it in Draw Mode. I can setup a keyboard shortcut for the Grease Pencil Eraser, but then it ...
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Can Shared GPU Memory Be Used in Rendering?
I'm planning to upgrade my system RAM to render heavier scenes. However, I'm unsure if system RAM helps with shared GPU memory and whether Cycles uses shared GPU memory for rendering. My GPU has 8GB ...
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2 GPUS render way slower than 1
GPUS I have: 4090 and 1050ti Blender version 4.2.2 LTS Some scenes that can be rendered on 4090 no problem can't be rendered when both are enabled because it's out of gpu memory. The scenes that it ...
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100% CPU usage when rendering with OptiX GPU only
Specs ^ gpu is 4090 Scene is not complex at all under a million faces, only 3 objects some glass material... Blender version: 4.2.2 LTS Render settings correct. I have no simulations or volumetrics ...
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Is it possible to use GPU acceleration with an Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 155H laptop?
According to Intel documentation, this processor has an Intel® Arc™ graphics GPU. Intel seems to indicate that Arc graphics is able to render cycles. However so far I have not been able to get any ...
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Selecting correct graphics card
I've installed blender on a windows machine, but launching it produces the error: This is despite the fact that I've set blender to use my 3060, And nvidia's software (geforce experience) says my ...
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Is this good computer build for my Blender use case? [duplicate]
I've been away from Blender for a few years - I was using 2.79 then. I'm about to buy a new computer in large part to get back into Blender. I use blender to make models and animations of my own 2 &...
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Cubby Long and Cloth Simulation [closed]
There is an idea to create a full-fledged short cartoon about a chibi dude from Shaolin. The first episode is "A Dude Goes Down a Mountain to Get Water." The sketch can be viewed here. ...
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How can I get a temporary fix for a broken 'g' key on keyboard?
I have a hardware issue where it appears that the G key is broken. I won't be able to get into town to buy another keyboard for at least 2 days, but I can't figure out how to remap it properly. ...
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How to fix "Launch exceeded timeout in CUDA queue copy_from_device (integrator_intersect_shadow)" Cycles Error for Nvidia GPU's
i keep having blender cycles randomly crashing (stopping during rendering initialization), i'm using blender 3.6.2 with a RTX2070 and Windows11
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How does instancing improve render times with Cycles?
I can understand why instancing reduces the amount of memory used since you don't duplicate the polygons of your scene, you simply reference them from multiple locations in the scene. From a technical/...
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Blender beginner looking for a new workstation [duplicate]
I'm a beginner in Blender and looking to buy a new workstation. I currently work on a Mac m1 pro 13". I reached out to a local shop and asked for a quotation for an assembled computer. These are ...
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What is wrong with my viewport?
I just installed Blender 3.5 and my viewport is completely wrong. I can't find anything similar to my issue anywhere. I've installed AMD ProRender plugin. . Not sure if it's a hardware issue either. ...
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Blender 3.5 not working on my system
I have been using blender on my PC. (Intel i5 processor, 4G ram, internal Intel graphics card, CPU rendering only) Currently, I am using 3.41, but if I try to use 3.5 as a look-see, Bender mainly ...
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Blender can't utilize all 24gb of VRAM (Out of memory)
My system is 3090 Ti (24gb VRAM), 32gb DDR4, i7 8700k, Windows 10. I've upgraded GPU recently because 8gb of VRAM on my old one wasn't enough, causing out of memory use or crashes in heavy scenes. ...
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