Limping, but Back in Business

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Okay. Problem sorta, kinda, maybe solved. At least, it's workable enough for me to say I'm back in business.

The key to the initial logjam was a faulty OptiX Accelerator. A comment to my DAZ Forum post suggested turning it off. That engaged the GPU.

So, my tests afterwards:

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Katie Gains On Aura by Nathanomir


This was the scene that started it all. Yesterday, around noon. Today, it ran on GPU only, and finished in 20 minutes. That is what I expect for three nudes with no set. One-off art pieces are a go. Those of you drooling over Aura's kinky dreams have nothing to worry about.

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Curvaceous Heroines by Nathanomir


A bit more crucial. Okay, very crucial, considering I haven't finished the Aura-Viona crossover yet. Two G3Fs, clothed, with a genuine set. I had to engage the CPU devices to get it to have any speed. It took two hours to render, which is unusual for Aura and Viona. Now, we know how they are when they're together, but they're still dressed and not touching. However, The Enchantress and the Warrior can continue without any changes, and so can work on Condemned.

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Who Ticked Off the Ashe Girls by Nathanomir


Perhaps more crucial. I needed to see if the G2F version of the Ashe Girls would work. These are the comic book versions of them. It finished in 20 minutes. So, Valkyria is back in action.

Now, that doesn't mean there aren't problems. Why did Aura and Viona require so much time? And maybe you guys who know more about GPUs than I do can explain this. In all three renders, the amount of geometry and textures sent to Iray was all under 1G combined. Yet, in all three cases, the GPU reached maximum memory usage. Is that normal?

Many thanks to :iconlady-quantum:, :iconakizz:, and :icondevduck01: for their suggestions. Even though they didn't work, they did offer some ideas elsewhere. Akizz said that the most recent Win10 security update is known to reduce the performance of the CPU by up to 30%. Aha! Lady Quantum looked at my DAZ log and said my GPU may be faulty. Now, that isn't something I want to hear, but if it is, then it is. The Duckster pointed me toward some good geekiness I didn't know about for Win10.

Time for a genuine art piece.

And for now, the crisis is minimal, if not fully passed.
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thomvinson's avatar
Fascinating, I should have read a page further.