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Questions tagged [gpu]

Questions related to the the Graphics Processing Unit itself. Questions about graphics cards can be found in the [graphics] tag.

The GPU is the component of the computer that handles graphics and related functions. It does not refer to the "graphics card", but rather (usually) to a chip on the card or motherboard. Questions about graphics cards can be found in the tag.

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How to get the GPU info?

I'm looking for a command that would give me the same info as: cat /proc/cpuinfo Except for the GPU (type of the chip and memory, frequency).
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How do I find out the model of my graphics card?

I would like to know the model of my graphics card. I think it may be an ATI, but I want to be sure! I have Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit) and an Asus A6 VA laptop.
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How to measure GPU usage?

Using the top command in the terminal lists processes, sorted by their CPU usage (and you can change it to sort by another parameter) Is there an equivalent for the GPU? This fellow is asking about RAM used by GPU
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How can I install CuDNN on Ubuntu 16.04?

For TensorFlow I would like to install cuda and CuDNN. How do I do that on Ubuntu 16.04?
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How to find out which NVIDIA GPU I have

I'm trying to use the information in this page to optimize my GPU performance. For that, I need to know which NVIDIA GPU I have. I tried the command sudo lshw -C display and I'm getting the following output which is not very helpful: *-display:0…
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When is CUDA gonna be released for Ubuntu 20.04?

So 20.04 got released two days ago, but when is CUDA for 20.04 gonna be released? Is Nvidia usually following up quickly?
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How can I find the memory usage on my GPU?

Previously I was checking the memory usage on my GPU with the following command: nvidia-settings -q all | grep Memory I am processing some scientific data on my GPU with numpy and theano. I was doing this with the gnome desktop running, and there…
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Problem while installing cuda toolkit in ubuntu 18.04

After following all the instructions in CUDA Toolkit 11.1 Downloads, the last instruction sudo apt-get -y install cuda doesn't work for me. Terminal shows this message: The following packages have unmet dependencies: cuda : Depends: cuda-11-1 (>=…
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Prevent /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg from using GPU Memory in Ubuntu 20.04 Server

On an fresh Ubuntu 20.04 Server machine with 2 Nvidia GPU cards and i7-5930K, running nvidia-smi shows that 170 MB of GPU memory is being used by /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg. Since this system is being used for deep learning, we will like to free up as much…
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How can I overclock a graphics card from within Ubuntu?

I would like to boost the Core frequency, shader clock, and memory clock on an eVGA GTX 480 I have in my development box running 10.04. Is it possible to overclock a recent graphics card from within Ubuntu? I tried the Coolbits approach, but I…
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How to find out what graphics driver is installed?

I installed Xubuntu 13.04 two months ago. But I don't know to find out which driver is installed for my GPU ( I mean graphic card driver ) or is it installed? I'm feeling something is wrong with my pc graphics.
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setting the default gpu

I have two gpus on my machine: $ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] (rev a1) 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1) I wanna use the first…
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How to restart GPU without reboot (softreset)?

How do I restart the GPU from command line? Using a HP DV6 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04-64 and an ATI mobile GPU. Installed the standard ATI propriety drivers suggested by Ubuntu. When I close the lid, the computer goes down to suspend mode. When open…
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How to use GPU acceleration in FFmpeg with AMD Radeon?

I have a Radeon Vega 64, and installed AMDGPU from the official website, but I have no idea where to go from here. I want to use hardware acceleration for converting video with FFmpeg. What is the corresponding FFmpeg command and how should I like…
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How to turn off Nvidia GPU on a headless server?

I am running a headless server with an Nvidia GPU. Even when the GPU is not doing any work, it is consuming about 25 Watts of power: +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 430.26 Driver…
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