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Slower OpenCL initializing in strong GPU

Open EurekaChen opened this issue 3 years ago • 12 comments

I have two computer, One with 4 X Nvidia RTX 3090( all selected for render), and another one with only 1 Nvidia RTX 1080. When I render a fractal in Opencl mode in full, the one with 4X RTX 3090 will take 2 minute for OpenCL initializing (Compiling Open CL Progams), Slower than 1x RTX1080( it's spend only several seconds). What's problem?

EurekaChen avatar Nov 14 '21 11:11 EurekaChen

I had this problem with one of the newest version of NVidia driver. It took terribly long to compile OpenCL kernels. Do you run the program under Windows or Linux? If Windows, you can try actually developed version 2.27 where I already optimized compilation of OpenCL programs for many GPUs. Maybe it can help. You can also try to downgrade or update NVidia driver. Link to download current build of the program: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/buddhi1980/mandelbulber2/build/job/jab5sd74slcvihvs/artifacts

buddhi1980 avatar Nov 14 '21 21:11 buddhi1980

Thanks,I download 2.27 and upgrade Nvidia dirver to newest (496.49), Now It's take less time to complie (about 20 seconds, Is it still much?)

EurekaChen avatar Nov 15 '21 07:11 EurekaChen

It is still long time. It should take not more than few seconds and in most of cases only fraction of a second.

buddhi1980 avatar Nov 17 '21 17:11 buddhi1980

So, Which version of Nivida driver should I use? Or what can I do to solve this problem?

EurekaChen avatar Nov 18 '21 00:11 EurekaChen

The problem still exist with the newest NVidia driver (just tested), so I recommend to downgrade the driver to version 461, which you can download from here: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3Im_wmIG7h8jWEL1whP-lpiog_R2_Eftm33G5j8tI1gKby1F6zf7Oxuy8 I'm trying to understand this issue. NVidia changed something in the driver, but I cannot find in the documentation what changes they did regarding OpenCL. Let me know if the program runs faster with this older driver on your PC.

buddhi1980 avatar Nov 18 '21 18:11 buddhi1980

Ok,now downgrade to 461.92 and it's very fast! Thank you very much!

EurekaChen avatar Nov 19 '21 02:11 EurekaChen

if there is a studio option, should i use that rather than game ready?

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 3:17 PM Eureka Chen @.***> wrote:

Ok,now downgrade to 461.92 and it's very fast! Thank you very much!

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mclarekin avatar Nov 19 '21 04:11 mclarekin

i figured it out, 461.92 is studio and now have it for rtx 2070

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if there is a studio option, should i use that rather than game ready?

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Ok,now downgrade to 461.92 and it's very fast! Thank you very much!

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mclarekin avatar Nov 20 '21 09:11 mclarekin

Is this issue resolved? or what should we do in new version?

EurekaChen avatar Oct 03 '22 06:10 EurekaChen

hi, Is this issue resolved for Nivida new driver?

EurekaChen avatar Jan 23 '23 03:01 EurekaChen

Unfortunately I still don't have solution. What is interesting, under Linux this new driver (version 510) work fast.

buddhi1980 avatar Jan 23 '23 18:01 buddhi1980

now dirver version 528.02,more gpu cards will be slower.

EurekaChen avatar Jan 24 '23 12:01 EurekaChen