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How to use GPU Compute when it says “no compatible GPUs found for Cycles”

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  • May 30, 2025 at 11:27 pm #20253
    Kimberly T.
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      Hi. This is more of a techy question. This is the device I have now for Blender.

      https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-stealth-16-ai-studio-a1v-16-165-hz-gaming-laptop-1920-x-1200-full-hd-plus-intel-core-ultra-9-185h-with-32gb-memory-star-blue-blue/6575350.p?skuId%3D6575350

      It is brand new and it runs way better … SO EXCITED… however I want to start using GPU compute for Cycles which I never ever done before but that would be lovely to get that set up but currently struggling on how. I am using Linux Ubuntu 24.04.2. Really striving for the best render experience with the specs I have now.

      I go to preferences > Systems > CUDA > “No compatible GPUs found for Cycles… Requires NVIDIA GPU with compute compatibility 3.0”

      I did install nvidia-driver-570 on my device and rebooted and results still show the same. Anyone else with Linux or if you know how to work around this? Thank you.

      May 31, 2025 at 12:35 am #95238
      Martin Bergwerf
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        Hi Kimberly,

        I had the same problem with Linux, when using the Blender from the Repositories.

        When I downloaded Blender from Blender.org, it did recognize the GPU.

        Maybe you can try that?

        May 31, 2025 at 12:43 am #95239
        Martin Bergwerf
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          Once you Extracted the .tar.xz, you can click on blender to open the program:

          Blender_00.png

          June 5, 2025 at 12:38 am #95240
          Kimberly T.
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            I did download from the website itself and it’s still showing the same result. I went to download 4.1 through https://download.blender.org/release/Blender4.1/ with blender-4.10-linux-x64.tar.xz. Still it says “No compatible GPUs found for Cycles… Requires NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 3.0”

            June 5, 2025 at 2:22 am #95241
            Martin Bergwerf
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              Dang, that’s bad! 

              Did you try another Version, like 4.2 or so? Don’t know if that’ll make a difference, but it’s worth a try.

              Make sure that the Laptop uses the GPU for Blender, because I think they often (if not always) default to the internal graphics.

              Also, you installed the NVidia driver, but did you tell Ubuntu, to actually use that driver? Maybe it’s still using the Nouveau, I can’t think of anything else at the moment.

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