Author Topic: Nvidia Cuda Cores  (Read 2864 times)

2021-05-11, 09:47:27

bertv

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Hi,

My system has a Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 card https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/quadro/rtx-4000/
Containing 2304 Cuda cores. In my understanding those cores can be adressed as CPU cores.

When I monitor the GPU in my task manager when rendering a Corona Render engine scene in my 3Ds max, I see no activity for the cuda cores.
I red that Corona Render engine is CPU based. But why isn't it usign the GPU cuda cores acting as CPU cores?

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Bert





2021-05-11, 10:35:45
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Nejc Kilar

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Hi there!

Except for denoising purposes (Nvidia AI denoiser only) your GPU won't be utilized during rendering with Corona. 3ds Max / C4D will use it to display the viewport but it will by no means help you render faster - Corona is a CPU rendering engine and you can't "repurpose" GPU cores to be used as CPU ones because they work in a completely different way.
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2021-05-28, 09:28:49
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Ok, thanks for the information.

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Bert