# Announcements **URL:** https://forums.chaos.com/c/v-ray/v-ray-gpu/v-ray-gpu-announcements/68.md [Latest](https://forums.chaos.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.chaos.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.chaos.com/tags.md) --- ## [Installing the recommended Windows Drivers for V-Ray GPU on Windows](https://forums.chaos.com/t/installing-the-recommended-windows-drivers-for-v-ray-gpu-on-windows/115740)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/installing-the-recommended-windows-drivers-for-v-ray-gpu-on-windows/115740 "2026-06-23T08:33:37Z")
The recommended Nvidia drivers for V-Ray GPU are tested and verified by our QA. You will find the recommended drivers for Geforce and Quadro cards on our V-Ray GPU product page. Currently the recommended driver for Gefor… --- ## [Monitoring V-Ray GPU performance and memory usage on Windows](https://forums.chaos.com/t/monitoring-v-ray-gpu-performance-and-memory-usage-on-windows/119239)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/monitoring-v-ray-gpu-performance-and-memory-usage-on-windows/119239 "2024-06-20T08:27:02Z")
Introduction, ​ By default, V-Ray GPU takes full advantage of the hardware’s capabilities and efficiently utilizes all of the available processing power during rendering. However, when using Windows Task Manager’s Perf… --- ## [Guide, using V-Ray GPU with high-end Ampere, Ada and Blackwell GPUs](https://forums.chaos.com/t/guide-using-v-ray-gpu-with-high-end-ampere-ada-and-blackwell-gpus/119181)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/guide-using-v-ray-gpu-with-high-end-ampere-ada-and-blackwell-gpus/119181 "2024-06-13T09:47:54Z")
Introduction, The new Ada GPUs bring a big leap in performance powered by the Ada Lovelace architecture. In this article I discuss GPU usage with high-end GPUs like the RTX 4090, plus helpful tips on getting the best pe… --- ## [MSI AfterBurner for monitoring GPU usage](https://forums.chaos.com/t/msi-afterburner-for-monitoring-gpu-usage/119158)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/msi-afterburner-for-monitoring-gpu-usage/119158 "2024-06-11T17:18:13Z")
\*\*Introduction,\*\*​ We recommend using an external tool like GPU-Z or MSI AfterBurner for monitoring GPU resources because Task Manager doesn’t report GPU Usage or GPU Power Draw. Start by downloading MSI AfterBurner f… --- ## [GPU-Z for monitoring GPU usage](https://forums.chaos.com/t/gpu-z-for-monitoring-gpu-usage/119152)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/gpu-z-for-monitoring-gpu-usage/119152 "2024-06-11T15:14:27Z")
\*\*Introduction,\*\*​ We recommend using an external tool like GPU-Z or MSI AfterBurner for monitoring GPU resources because Task Manager doesn’t report GPU Usage or GPU Power Draw. Start by downloading GPU-Z from the Te… --- ## [Tips for optimizing GPU memory usage for GPU rendering](https://forums.chaos.com/t/tips-for-optimizing-gpu-memory-usage-for-gpu-rendering/118802)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/tips-for-optimizing-gpu-memory-usage-for-gpu-rendering/118802 "2024-05-02T09:04:29Z")
Introduction, In this article we explore optimizing GPU memory usage for V-Ray GPU. The entire scene being rendered (Geomeotry, textures, buffers, etc) must fully fit into GPU memory when using either CUDA or RTX engine… --- ## [Introduction to GPU Rendering](https://forums.chaos.com/t/introduction-to-gpu-rendering/118788)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/introduction-to-gpu-rendering/118788 "2024-04-30T11:22:30Z")
Overview and terminology: V-Ray provides two renderers - V-Ray and V-Ray GPU. The V-Ray GPU renderer is designed to provide you with the maximum rendering performance from your system. To do so, V-Ray GPU provides multi… --- ## [ECC State for Nvidia GPUs(Error Correcting Code)](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ecc-state-for-nvidia-gpus-error-correcting-code/118787)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ecc-state-for-nvidia-gpus-error-correcting-code/118787 "2024-04-30T10:49:14Z")
Introduction, If you have an RTX 4090 in your system you will see a new tab in Nvidia Control Panel, Change ECC State. Additionally this option is available on all newer Quadro(RTX) and Tesla cards ECC is Error Correct… --- ## [Understanding V-Ray's Hybrid Rendering](https://forums.chaos.com/t/understanding-v-rays-hybrid-rendering/118786)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/understanding-v-rays-hybrid-rendering/118786 "2024-04-30T09:31:13Z")
Overview and terminology, The V-Ray GPU renderer can leverage CPU cores by running its CUDA engine on the CPU, in what is called CUDA-x86 mode. In also being CUDA, V-Ray GPU can run its CUDA engine on the GPU in conjunc… --- ## [Using interactive rendering in V-Ray GPU](https://forums.chaos.com/t/using-interactive-rendering-in-v-ray-gpu/116794)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/using-interactive-rendering-in-v-ray-gpu/116794 "2024-04-28T16:25:15Z")
Introduction, V-Ray GPU offers fast interactive feedback for Look development and final rendering. Faster iterations free up time to explore ideas, boost productivity, and produce better results. In this post we explore… --- ## [Out of Core Textures implementation in V-Ray GPU](https://forums.chaos.com/t/out-of-core-textures-implementation-in-v-ray-gpu/118535)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/out-of-core-textures-implementation-in-v-ray-gpu/118535 "2024-04-02T07:15:59Z")
Introduction, With V-Ray 6 update 2 for Maya and Houdini (and the latest Hotifx for 3Ds Max), V-Ray GPU is able to offload Textures to system memory, to lower GPU memory usage significantly with little impact on perform… --- ## [Performance scaling for Nvidia GPUs by GPU Generation](https://forums.chaos.com/t/performance-scaling-for-nvidia-gpus-by-gpu-generation/117051)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/performance-scaling-for-nvidia-gpus-by-gpu-generation/117051 "2023-11-14T13:23:59Z")
Hardware, CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core 32-Threads Motherboard: Asus X570 Crosshair 7 DarkHero System Memory: 128 GB DDR4 3200 CL18 GPUs: RTX 4080, RTX 3080, RTX 2080, GTX 1080 Bandwidth: PCIe Gen 4.0, x8 OS: Windows … --- ## [Multi-GPU scaling For CUDA and RTX engines](https://forums.chaos.com/t/multi-gpu-scaling-for-cuda-and-rtx-engines/116958)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/multi-gpu-scaling-for-cuda-and-rtx-engines/116958 "2023-11-06T11:52:49Z")
Hardware, CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 39950x Pro 64-Core Motherboard: Asus Pro WS WRX80E SAGE System Memory: 256 GB DDR4 3600 CL18 GPUs: 8x RTX 3090Ti Founders Edition Bandwidth: PCIe Gen 4.0, x8 OS: Windows 11 Pro Nvi… --- ## [Moving your projects from V-Ray to V-Ray GPU](https://forums.chaos.com/t/moving-your-projects-from-v-ray-to-v-ray-gpu/116852)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/moving-your-projects-from-v-ray-to-v-ray-gpu/116852 "2023-10-26T11:40:38Z")
Introduction, V-Ray GPU 6 brings changes to the GPU UI aimed at improving the user experience. We have updated the GPU sampling defaults to better represent universal settings. The GPU UI is now able to keep all relevan… --- ## [Important settings for Windows and Nvidia Control Panel](https://forums.chaos.com/t/important-settings-for-windows-and-nvidia-control-panel/116844)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/important-settings-for-windows-and-nvidia-control-panel/116844 "2023-10-25T14:40:26Z")
Nvidia Control Panel Settings​, The following settings are key in getting the expected performance out of V-Ray GPU, also discussed in my post about installing the recommended Windows drivers. Note, Performing a Clean… --- ## [How to use the new GPU Device Selector in V-Ray 6](https://forums.chaos.com/t/how-to-use-the-new-gpu-device-selector-in-v-ray-6/116841)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/how-to-use-the-new-gpu-device-selector-in-v-ray-6/116841 "2023-10-25T11:37:42Z")
\*\*Introduction,\*\*​ The GPU device selector is used to choose the GPU engine type between CUDA and RTX, as well as devices used for GPU rendering. The GPU device selector has been reworked in V-Ray 6 with new UI and new… --- ## [What is Kernel Compilation?](https://forums.chaos.com/t/what-is-kernel-compilation/116838)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/what-is-kernel-compilation/116838 "2023-10-25T09:08:43Z")
Why does it happen at the start of rendering? V-Ray GPU is forward compatible. Kernel one-time compilation is needed so that our kernel is optimized for each driver version and GPU device. When does it happen? … --- ## [V-Ray GPU Minimal and Recommended system requirements](https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-gpu-minimal-and-recommended-system-requirements/116716)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Hamed](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Muhammed_Hamed)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/v-ray-gpu-minimal-and-recommended-system-requirements/116716 "2023-10-10T11:41:31Z")
V-Ray GPU Minimal System Requirements GPU NVIDIA GPUs of Maxwell generation or later when using CUDA or RTX modes. All GPUs recognized by the system are usable, although only 4 are officially supported. All compute co…