I´M new, please help about how to install the CUDA driver

lcarlin247 · Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:40 pm

i just downloaded octane´s demo version, and as the getting started video tutorials says i need to download some CUDA drivers and all i was able to download is the CUDA toolkit, is that what i need?
i got a geforce gtx 560m - what do i actually need to do?? please help!

i will attach an image for you to see what octane render is asking me

thank you

t_3 · Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:45 pm

... no, you just need to update the driver (and as you use windows, don't install the toolkit). the panel says your system has only cuda 3.0 installed, means your nvidia driver is pretty old. octane needs cuda 4+. just head over to nvidia.com and get you the latest driver there and it will work

lcarlin247 · Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:16 pm

t_3 wrote:... no, you just need to update the driver (and as you use windows, don't install the toolkit). the panel says your system has only cuda 3.0 installed, means your nvidia driver is pretty old. octane needs cuda 4+. just head over to nvidia.com and get you the latest driver there and it will work

but which one do i need to update? my geforce gtx 560 m? i ask this because i really don´t know the difference between my gpu and CUDA, because maybe i am wrong but i am trying to find a driver download that says something like - download CUDA 4.0 driver . or something like that and it does not say, all i can download it´s the latest driver for my geforce, is that what i need to do?
sorry for the problems, but i really do not know much about this kind of stuff
thanks

lcarlin247 · Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:41 pm

i downloaded the latest update for my GPU but it does not work, i got an ASUS g74sx , geforce gtx 560 m . 3gb - and 16 gb RAM - WINDOWS 7 64 bits

i attached the error that appears when i try to install the latest driver for the geforce, and it says, nvidia installer can not continue, it couldn´t find compatible graphic hardware

so i do not know what to do, i really want to try OCTANE so i can buy it =s

t_3 · Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:03 pm

on windows cuda is part of the nvidia driver installation and doesn't need any additional task but installing the appropriate driver.
probably you haven't selected the right one on the nvidia download page? you wrote you have a 560_M_ what means that this is a notebook chip even if you use it on a desktop pc. so look carefully, because 560 and 560M afaik have different driver downloads...