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REG FIX for 3rd GPU/Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:13 am
by Curious guy
Hi everyone:

I've recently bought a new computer (specs in my signature), which at first only had 2 GTX 470, I transfered octane to it and started rendering.

Everything ok until I intalled the 3ยบ 470. My computer detects it good but octane doesn't show it in the device manager.

I've reinstalled octane and I change the registry fix to TdrDelay = 15 (shouldn't do anything anyway).

Some screenshots.

Device manager.png
PC device manager.png



Thanks


EDITED BY RADIANCE: Copied to resources forum and made sticky as this topic is very usefull.

Re: Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:14 am
by PhilBo
I had the same issue. It's an NVIDIA driver issue that is easily fixed. It involves editing the registry, so only proceed if you are comfortable in working in the registry. Refractive Software will not be held liable for any issues associated with such editing. You assume all risks for attempting the following:

1) Start the registry editor (Start button, type "regedit" and launch it.)

2) Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3) You will see keys for each video card starting with "0000" and then "0001", etc.

4) Under each of the keys identified in 3 for each video card, add two dword values
DisplayLessPolicy
LimitVideoPresentSources

Set each value to 1

5) Once these have been added to each of the video cards, shut down Regedit and then reboot.

Let me know how it works out.

Phil

Re: Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:02 am
by Curious guy
PhilBo wrote:I had the same issue. It's an NVIDIA driver issue that is easily fixed. It involves editing the registry, so only proceed if you are comfortable in working in the registry. Refractive Software will not be held liable for any issues associated with such editing. You assume all risks for attempting the following:

1) Start the registry editor (Start button, type "regedit" and launch it.)

2) Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3) You will see keys for each video card starting with "0000" and then "0001", etc.

4) Under each of the keys identified in 3 for each video card, add two dword values
DisplayLessPolicy
LimitVideoPresentSources

Set each value to 1

5) Once these have been added to each of the video cards, shut down Regedit and then reboot.

Let me know how it works out.

Phil


Yeah! It worked, Thanks a lot Phil. :D
One las thing Where do you get this information? I't kind of... useful. :mrgreen:

Re: Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:05 am
by mantra
PhilBo, add this info to manual

Re: Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:12 pm
by PhilBo
This came from Mike at Cubix. It is on the list for the next manual revision.

Re: Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:16 am
by Curious guy
PhilBo wrote:This came from Mike at Cubix. It is on the list for the next manual revision.

Oh, thougt it came from a specific page... thanks anyway. :lol:

Re: REG FIX for 3rd GPU/Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:56 pm
by frafra
Hello,
3 video card into the same system!!!

Thanks to share the exact configuration of your PC as I was looking for 4 video card (3 like yours + one fx 3800) and was unable to find a system that can hold it.

Thanks

Laurent

Re: REG FIX for 3rd GPU/Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:41 pm
by radiance
frafra wrote:Hello,
3 video card into the same system!!!

Thanks to share the exact configuration of your PC as I was looking for 4 video card (3 like yours + one fx 3800) and was unable to find a system that can hold it.

Thanks

Laurent


An ASUS WS class motherboard can seat 4 double length or 7 single length cards (depending on your case), and costs about 300 euros (in belgium, so it should be cheaper in the US i assume... ?)

Radiance

Re: REG FIX for 3rd GPU/Octane doent detects my third video card

PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:06 pm
by emresan
will it works with 4 gtx 480 video cards?

Re: REG FIX for 3rd GPU/Octane doent detects my third video

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:59 am
by teddyboy16
emresan wrote:will it works with 4 gtx 480 video cards?

I have a ASUS WS class motherboard and you should be able to fit four cards without a problem. You just have to make sure you have an adequate power supply.