Supported Graphics Cards documentation is (yet still) confusing #72843

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Stanislav Blinov · 2020-01-01T23:29:52+01:00

Stanislav Blinov commented

2020-01-01 23:29:52 +01:00

At the moment, the section looks like this:

Supported Graphics Cards

These requirements are for basic Blender operation, rendering using the GPU requires slightly different requirements. Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website.

  NVIDIA: GeForce 200 and newer, Quadro Tesla architecture and newer, with NVIDIA drivers (list of all GeForce and Quadro GPUs)
  AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer (list of all AMD GPUs)
  Intel: Haswell and newer (list of all Intel GPUs)
  macOS: version 10.12 or newer with supported hardware

This wording and flow can lead to reports such as blender/blender#72837, where the person only sees the "ballpark" GPU information provided in the preceding Hardware Requirements section ("it has 4Gb"), and disregards the Supported Graphics Cards section as some advanced information for GPU rendering or such.

It would read a bit more coherently if the notes were moved down below (also took the liberty of nuking a tautology):

Supported Graphics Cards

  NVIDIA: GeForce 200 and newer, Quadro Tesla architecture and newer, with NVIDIA drivers (list of all GeForce and Quadro GPUs)
  AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer (list of all AMD GPUs)
  Intel: Haswell and newer (list of all Intel GPUs)
  macOS: version 10.12 or newer with supported hardware

Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website.

NOTE: The above requirements are for basic Blender operation only. Rendering using the GPU may have more strict requirements, refer to "this" page for more information.

(where "this" links to the Cycles manual page).

Perhaps not exactly as above, but somehow emphasizing that these are the actual requirements could be helpful.

At the moment, the section looks like this: ``` Supported Graphics Cards ``` ``` These requirements are for basic Blender operation, rendering using the GPU requires slightly different requirements. Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website. ``` ``` NVIDIA: GeForce 200 and newer, Quadro Tesla architecture and newer, with NVIDIA drivers (list of all GeForce and Quadro GPUs) AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer (list of all AMD GPUs) Intel: Haswell and newer (list of all Intel GPUs) macOS: version 10.12 or newer with supported hardware ``` This wording and flow can lead to reports such as blender/blender#72837, where the person only sees the "ballpark" GPU information provided in the preceding Hardware Requirements section ("it has 4Gb"), and disregards the Supported Graphics Cards section as some advanced information for GPU rendering or such. It would read a bit more coherently if the notes were moved down below (also took the liberty of nuking a tautology): ``` Supported Graphics Cards ``` ``` NVIDIA: GeForce 200 and newer, Quadro Tesla architecture and newer, with NVIDIA drivers (list of all GeForce and Quadro GPUs) AMD: GCN 1st gen and newer (list of all AMD GPUs) Intel: Haswell and newer (list of all Intel GPUs) macOS: version 10.12 or newer with supported hardware ``` ``` Always make sure to install the latest drivers from the graphics card manufacturer website. NOTE: The above requirements are for basic Blender operation only. Rendering using the GPU may have more strict requirements, refer to "this" page for more information. ``` (where "this" links to the Cycles manual page). Perhaps not exactly as above, but somehow emphasizing that these **are** the actual requirements could be helpful.

Stanislav Blinov commented

2020-01-01 23:29:52 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Stan_Pancakes

Aaron Carlisle self-assigned this 2020-01-02 01:32:50 +01:00

Aaron Carlisle commented

2020-01-02 23:44:43 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Resolved'

Aaron Carlisle closed this issue

2020-01-02 23:44:43 +01:00

Aaron Carlisle commented

2020-01-02 23:44:43 +01:00

Added subscriber: @pablovazquez

Aaron Carlisle commented

2020-01-02 23:44:43 +01:00

I moved the paragraphs around, although I doubt that will fix this issue of blender/blender#72837 but I agree that it is better to have the list of requirements before the note.

I also adding a warning and a note icon to help identify the purpose of the text.

CCing @pablovazquez here just so he is aware of the change.

I moved the paragraphs around, although I doubt that will fix this issue of blender/blender#72837 but I agree that it is better to have the list of requirements before the note. I also adding a warning and a note icon to help identify the purpose of the text. CCing @pablovazquez here just so he is aware of the change.

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Supported Graphics Cards documentation is (yet still) confusing #72843