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Subject: Re: [AE] Best GFX card for AE/PP
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 12:42:18 -0500
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On May 26, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Teddy Gage wrote:

> So I reinstalled AE from scratch, started up, but still get a screen =
flash during raytrace initialization, then the 5070 error and AE quits. =
Won't start up at all. I am running the 301.42 nVidia drivers but also =
tried the 301.32 CUDA developer drivers.

those aren't CUDA drivers. CUDA drivers are in the 4.2.x range right =
now. those are display drivers. you may actually need to go back into =
the 290 range. for quadro its 270 range. before you think those are =
"stale" drivers, please know that 27x.xyz are given bug fixes / updates. =
so increments in the .xyz part counts. while they may lack certain major =
feature additions / updates, they provide a stable fixed point in space =
for developers to work with. it tends to be games generally using the =
new and improved stuff while the older drivers are more stable =
controlled environments. so you may in fact just need to install some =
what lower version graphics drivers.=20

you should also look at the adobe specs for what drivers are certified, =
and run with them because they will work. as you have found, newer make =
not work

S