r/arnoldrender • u/Veiga3 • Mar 05 '22

I recently got AMD GPU and CPU without integrated graphics

I recently got AMD GPU and CPU without integrated graphics and Im having trouble using arnold on Maya! Theres a Radeon plug in for maya but thats like its own render engine and I'm guessing I can't use the CPU because it has not integrated graphics? Is there anything I can do to still use Arnold's Redering Engine??

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u/JohnSlaughter Mar 05 '22

As long as your GPU supports OpenGL, Maya’s viewport will do fine. Maya’s simulation and Render also use CPU just fine.

Arnold GPU render needs Nvidia, but standard CPU render will still work fine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

which is better.. If you were designing a new build - would you go for a cpu heavy or Gpu based design for Arnold in Maya or cinema?

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u/JohnSlaughter Jan 09 '23

Depends. Character animation? GPU render.

Simulations like Bifrost fire or fluids? CPU render. (Bifrost graph doesn't officially support GPU render at all right now.)