Cycles barely work

[Stas Dushko]

Plane, cube, single point light and cycles – 1.5 fps. 
RAM 16 GB
Intel Core I5 6600
Radeon RX 580 Series

How to fix? I just updated the drivers too. When I switch to GPU as a render device – it gets greyed out
Important note – none of the pref system settings are avalible for me

[Omar Domenech]

Hello. Can you give much more context and explain a little more? Are you trying to render a big scene? Your computer doesn’t sound very up to date. Maybe that video card is too old and it’s not supported by Blender nowadays?

[Stas Dushko]

That video card is fine. I am trying to render a cube and a plane. And it gives me 1.5fps when I rotate a camera. I cant pass the light course because of this

[Martin Bergwerf]

Hi Stas @Jollium ,

Make sure that your Cycles Rendering device is set in your Preferences:

[Stas Dushko]

Literaly nothing on the screenshot is avalible for me.

[Omar Domenech]

Can you post your screen? Which Blender version are you using? Try downloading a different Blender version and see if it persists. 

[Martin Bergwerf]

It should not be set to None (that’s why I drew the red rectangle around it).

You probably have different Options, because you have a different GPU.

[Stas Dushko]

Martin, nothing is avalible for me. None of the options. I deselected none, others dont work. They all say different reasons on why, but they just dont.  When I press them – there is a checkbox to, well, turn them on – and it is greyed out

[Martin Bergwerf]

Can you post a screenshot please, Stas?

[Martin Bergwerf]

You can also have a look at the Manual: https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/4.5/editors/preferences/system.html 

I never used a Radeon, things might be different.

[Martin Bergwerf]

It could be, that your GPU is not supported, see the minimal requirements: https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/ 

[Stas Dushko]

My GPU isnt on the list. Its not supported. What do I do now? How do I even finish the course?

[Martin Bergwerf]

You can Render on your CPU (I did that for years), upgrade your computer (best option if you want to do Computer Graphics) , or use an older Blender Version..

[Omar Domenech]

Yeah sadly computer graphics is demanding when it comes to hardware. It’s like if you want to race cars, you’re going to need a fast car, there’s no way around that. As Martin says, rendering on the CPU is ok, that’s how we all start until we get to the point of getting a better computer. 

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