[Bf-cycles] OpenCL & osx

[Brecht Van Lommel]

Hi,

I haven't had reports that OpenCL works on Lion even, so upgrading may
help but I'm not sure. Likely the quad core CPU in you Macbook is
faster for Cycles though, mobile graphics cards are unlikely to be
better at raytracing.

Brecht.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Steve Obbayi <steve at sobbayi.com> wrote:
> Maybe this tool can help to give you a better understanding of your predicament.
>
> http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t170796.html
>
> ----- "Tobias Kummer" <supertoilet at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Did that too, everything is up-to-date.
>>
>> On 9/3/11 3:06 PM, Michael Wasylyk wrote:
>> >
>> > But you can check for updates because graphics updates come with the
>>
>> > mac software update you probably have an old one
>> >
>> > On Sep 3, 2011 7:51 AM, "Tobias Kummer" <supertoilet at gmx.net
>> > <mailto:supertoilet at gmx.net>> wrote:
>> > > Negative afaik.
>> > >
>> > > On 9/3/11 1:38 PM, Thomas Dinges wrote:
>> > >> Hey Tobi,
>> > >> can't you just upgrade the driver? Dunno how this is on OSX
>> though.
>> > >>
>> > >> Best regards,
>> > >> Thomas
>> > >>
>> > >> Am 03.09.2011 13:10, schrieb Tobias Kummer:
>> > >>> Hey there!
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I just compiled Cycles on OSX to try out OpenCL. Compilation
>> went
>> > fine,
>> > >>> but when I switch to "GPU (OpenCL)", I'm getting an error
>> saying
>> > >>> "OpenCL: platform version 1.1 or later required, found 1.0".
>> > System is a
>> > >>> Macbook Pro 2011 (Snow Leopard) w/ a Radeon HD 6750M GPU. Is
>> there
>> > >>> anything I can do about this? Or am I locked out of the fun
>> until I
>> > >>> upgrade to Lion?
>> > >>>
>> > >>> Greets,
>> > >>> Tobi
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