GPU
Information about GPU Support
You can use the NVidia System Management Interface (nvidia-smi) utility to monitor GPU utilization and memory. nvidia-smi ships with NVidia GPU display driv...
Mon, 18 Jan, 2021 at 12:10 AM
The short answer is yes. Its always recommended to re-run the installer when adding or removing a GPU or changing GPUs between CUDA 10 and CUDA 11 generati...
Mon, 15 May, 2023 at 8:00 AM
SAFR fully supports all Nvidia cards in the supported card model list which includes the 10xx, 20xx, and Quadro RTX series cards as well as older Pxxxx card...
Sun, 24 Jan, 2021 at 5:30 AM
If a GPU overheats (possibly due to poor airflow of a bad fan), the processor speed will be slowed down to prevent the GPU from damage. This will often man...
Thu, 2 Dec, 2021 at 10:24 PM
Whenever you install or upgrade SAFR on a Windows or Linux machine, we strongly recommend that you update your NVidia driver to the most recent by doing the...
Wed, 10 Feb, 2021 at 1:37 PM
This article explains how to disable GPU and/or limit which GPUs SAFR users. This is assumed to be useful only for testing and not something that is ...
Fri, 27 Aug, 2021 at 5:13 PM
NVidia released a new line of cards known as the Ampere series. These cards have improved CUDA performance. With SAFR we have seen about a 20 to 30% improve...
Thu, 23 Mar, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Windows Drivers for the NVidia A-series cards (A10, A40, etc) and the older generation Tesla T4 cards do not include WDDM drivers which enable decode. This...
Thu, 23 Mar, 2023 at 3:23 PM
To retport system load for GPU-enhanced systems, provide a screenshot of Performance Tab of Windows Task Manager. Make sure to select one of the GPUs and c...
Sat, 23 Sep, 2023 at 7:10 PM
Nvidia NVLink is not needed for SAFR because SAFR isolates all processing on single GPU for each feed. NVLink is only important for apps that have to sprea...
Wed, 8 Nov, 2023 at 6:32 PM