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Abu Sayeed Mondal
Asked: 2020-11-20 18:45:37 +0800 CST

Install drivers for Intel integrated GPU in Ubuntu 18.04 for DaVinci Resolve 17?

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My GPU is this

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)

I have installed DaVinci Resolve 17 on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine, but when starting resolve it shows Unsupported GPU Mode error.

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Then in configuration it shows no GPU to select.

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I have seen this command for Nvidia sudo apt install nvidia-driver nvidia-opencl-icd libcudal libnvidia-encodel, but it doesn't work for this iGPU. Is there a way to fix this?

drivers graphics intel-graphics integrated davinci-resolve

4 Answers

  1. I had the same problem, but installing the latest intel-cl drivers as described on the developer-page helped: https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime/blob/master/opencl/doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md Cheers M

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  2. DaVinci Resolve Minimum System Requirements

    GPU memory

    • 512MB – Forget about it
    • 1GB – You’ll be okay with basic HD ProRes work, checking RAW files but avoid noise reduction and optical flow.
    • 1.5GB – Approaching the absolute minimum to use Resolve with some level of complexity in HD. Noise reduction and optical flow will still be problematic. I’ve made a 1.5GB Intel Iris Pro GPU work well on a iMac and Macbook Pro, and manage to render a full 4K delivery.
    • 2GB – A comfortable HD experience, limited 4K work.
    • 4GB – Minimum for comfortable 4K work.
    • 6GB – You can tackle pretty much everything a project is likely to require.
    • 8GB+ – You can actually tackle everything any project is likely to require.
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  3. Double check what hardware you actually have.

    Intel graphics are integrated. If you don't have a dedicated GPU, that means that your CPU is also your iGPU.

    If you're currently operating a desktop environment, then your graphics drivers are already installed and working.

    If you didn't have a working iGPU or a GPU you would not be able to use a desktop environment.

    Furthermore, unless you have a NVIDIA GPU, you have no use for NVIDIA graphics cards' drivers. In fact, if you forced the installation with incompatible hardware, you could very well break your system.

    I don't know anything about your application, but it suggests to me that you may have set a wrong setting in that application. If you do not have a dedicated GPU and you are supposed to choose between CPU and GPU processing, you must probably select CPU.

    After a quick search from my favorite search engine using the terms "DaVinci Resolve 17 minimum system requirements", it seems to suggest that a dedicated GPU is a requirement to run the software.

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  4. I'm fairly certain (but can't seem to find documentation) that Davinci Resolve requires an Nvidia GPU with the proprietary drivers. Unfortunately, if you don't have one, you can't run it.

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