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    Determine if CUDA is being utilized?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Cary Ader, Oct 4, 2010.

  1. Cary Ader

    Cary Ader Notebook Consultant

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    Is there a simple diagnostic tool to determine if CUDA "works" on a laptop?

    Something that shows how calculations are being distributed/shared by CPU and GPU?

    I know that the software, say a video processing program like badaboom, must be designed for this.

    More specifically, has anybody determined if the G73jw or any other Asus with a CUDA ready GPU is capable of parallel processing? If so, how have you demonstrated it?

    Thanks.
     
    Cary Ader, Oct 4, 2010
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    userno69 Notebook Guru

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    Download GPU-z and the CUDA checkbox should be filled. If you can enable CUDA in a program, it's probably working. Make sure to have the latest drivers from Nvida and the latest updates/patches to any programs you have that use it.
     
    userno69, Oct 4, 2010
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    kurtcocaine Notebook Evangelist

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    or gpu caps viewer if u wanna see some details about your cuda cores..
     
    kurtcocaine, Oct 4, 2010
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  4. Cary Ader

    Cary Ader Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks.

    I'm seeing that Photoshop Premire CS5 isn't documented as being directly supported by the GTX 460M. So either they and nVidia haven't updated their websites, or this is somehow "tuned" for gaming, not photo processing?
     
    Cary Ader, Oct 4, 2010
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    Try the nVidia 260 Beta drivers. They have updated support for CS5. As for using CUDA, there seems to be a lot of work-arounds since CS5 has a list of approved cards.
     
    Dragauss, Oct 6, 2010
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