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hi all , i tried install octane today.
i installed cuda driver and cuda toolkit and octane render.
when launch octane I receive this

Process: octane [3702]
Path: /Applications/OctaneRender 1.022 beta2.2 Demo.app/Contents/MacOS/octane
Identifier: org.refractivesoftware.octanerender
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [234]

Date/Time: 2011-03-10 15:17:10.443 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: 724 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 3
Anonymous UUID: 1CEF2507-712D-402D-87E4-2E2794957109

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: @rpath/libcudart.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/OctaneRender 1.022 beta2.2 Demo.app/Contents/MacOS/octane
Reason: image not found

Binary Images:
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b dyld 132.1 (???) <A4F6ADCC-6448-37B4-ED6C-ABB2CD06F448> /usr/lib/dyld

Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.26 GHz, 10 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.8f7, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, Display, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721064SLA360, 596,17 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000333AS, 931,51 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528AS, 931,51 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST3500320AS, 465,76 GB
USB Device: LaCie Hard Drive USB, 0x059f (LaCie), 0x0c41, 0xfd500000
USB Device: My Book, 0x1058 (Western Digital Technologies, Inc.), 0x1100, 0xfd100000
USB Device: Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9136, 0xfa200000
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x1006, 0xfa230000
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0221, 0xfa232000
USB Device: MTE-450, 0x056a (WACOM Co., Ltd.), 0x0065, 0xfa210000
USB Device: USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc045, 0xfa220000
USB Device: Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9137, 0xfa240000
USB Device: Apple LED Cinema Display, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x9236, 0xfa243000
USB Device: Display Audio, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x2912, 0xfa241000
USB Device: Display iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8508, 0xfa242000
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec

hi zat, unfortunately the demo is not yet built to work with cuda 3.2, it works only with cuda 3.0. you could try to overwrite the cuda staff installing the cuda 3.1 toolkit and the cuda 3.1.17 that works fine with 10.6.5 or install on another hd a fresh copy of osx 10.6.5 with the cuda 3.1 staff only for testing the demo.
anyway the 1.24.4 commercial beta works fine on 10.6.6 and cuda 3.2

ciao beppe

Unfortunately the current demo version runs only with the CUDA 3.0 toolkit, which doesn't support your graphics card. We are planning to provide a newer demo version, but it's not available yet.
-> You can't run the demo version on your MacBook yet.

On the other hand the current commercial version should run on your MacBook, but the GPU you have is very slow and probably not really useful for Octane. Unfortunately the situation for Macs is not getting better at the moment as there are no current generation NVIDIA cards available for Macs. -> If possible, I recommend that you maybe check out Octane on a PC first and if you are happy with it, get a PC, which would allow you to use current generation graphics cards and believe me, it's a difference like day and night.

Cheers,
Marcus

sorry, i forgot to mention, as marcus said, that your gt120 is not good for octane but you can find an already old gtx 285 on ebay for a good price and leave the gt 120 only for display that is the best way for enjoying octane.
I have this configuration and i can tell you that the gtx 285 is quite as fast as a single gtx 460, not so bad

ciao beppe

Thanks for help.
I wait a newer demo version or... I will try to convince my boss to buy a new video card
Beppe ti mando una mail! ciao

I convinced my boss to buy a new graphic card,
The most powerful card for mac is the gtx 285?
thx

hi zat,
unfortunately there aren't too much options for us, mac users
ther is also the quadro 4000 but it costs a lot more, it has quite the same numbers of cores of the gtx 285 and the mac quadro drivers aren't so good.
another solution could be to buy a gtx 5xx and run the macpro with win7
anyway a gtx 285 on ebay is a cheap solution for starting with octane and you don't have to miss osx

ciao beppe

another solution could be to buy a gtx 5xx and run the macpro with win7

thx for reply
know someone who uses this solution?
If I bought a GTX 560 TI works in my macpro with win7?
thx

i never try this solution personally but if i remember well there is an user with a mapro 3.1 and a gtx 470 here in the forum
ciao beppe