BatteriesInc Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I've been so busy that I haven't had time to deal with the "you must update your CUDA driver" message that appeared since the latest MacOS update (and for which there are apparently non-Apple solutions), but it did raise an interesting question: does the Affinity code also use this driver to speed up processing, and, if so, does that still work with this sort-of-bug-that-nobody-seems-to-claim? I like the idea of using all the horse power in a machine to make things go faster - heck, I like anything that goes faster - so I'd be interested if fixing what is at present just a nuisance may help the application along. Call it an extra motivation to find an answer, it may otherwise be with me for another half year Quote Regards, Binc Warning: dark, twisted sense of humour. Do not feed after midnight. Wheat and BS intolerant. Only use genuine Guinness to lubricate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted March 1, 2018 Staff Share Posted March 1, 2018 The Affinity apps does not use CUDA to accelerate image processing instead we use the CPU for this BatteriesInc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 If you are asking if the Affinity apps are compiled to use CUDA acceleration for computationally intensive tasks by running them as parallel processes in the GPU cores, I am fairly sure the answer is no. As I understand it (which could be totally wrong), the reason is while some computational tasks can run quickly as parallel processes in the GPU, getting the results back to the CPU is slower than if the whole process was run in the CPU, if that makes any sense. BatteriesInc 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.