The same basic process to turn on GPU rendering applies, but you will check OpenCL instead of CUDA or OptiX. CUDA and OptiX are exclusive to NVIDIA GPUs (GTX and RTX series, respectively) whereas AMD GPUs are supported by OpenCL. If you’re a Blender user with an AMD graphics card, the process may be a little different. Once complete, you should be able to have the option to switch the rendering device to the GPU back in the Render panel of the scene. Then, under Cycles Render Devices, check CUDA or OptiX. In Preferences from the Edit tab, go to System.
Once you’ve done that, you will certainly see things in the viewport and rendering process smooth out. Switching this on allows the system to know exactly which processing unit to commit the rendering operations to. The option to use your machine’s GPU and CUDA/OptiX is usually turned off when booting up Blender for the first time. Once you’re comfortable with the basics of Blender and how it utilizes your workstation’s graphics card, this point may be overly simple, but for many first-time users, it may also be overlooked.
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