I was curious if Pix4D has the capability to use GPUs to assist with the processing functions? In other words if I put together a computer that had 6 GPUs (basically 6 graphics cards) could Pix4D use those GPUs to process the photos? If so, does it matter which type of video card I get? (NVidia / …

Hey Jason, Pix4D uses the GPU primarily during Step 1, however, it can only leverage one GPU per project. The GPU would need to be capable of OpenGL 3.2 or greater for Pix4D to recognize it. Different graphics cards have benchmarked different speeds when it comes to Pix4D with the Nvidia 1080 TI c…

Hi Tim, So the point cloud processing does not use the GPU? Why the need for a powerful GPU? As I have noticed, the 1st step(initial processing) is usually pretty quick, I just upgraded to a better GPU to get better point cloud processing time, is this not the case? can you explain which proces…

Hi Lucas, Pix4D uses the GPU primarily during Step 1 and partially/low during step 2. To learn about it, you can go through our support article on Hardware components usage when processing with Pix4D . This article will explain in details about the processing steps and the GPU usage.

hi thank you for your answer, from my test it appears that I can do the processing of Step 1 and 2 without a GPU at all. It seems like the only need for a GPU is for step 3 and for displaying the point cloud and 3D mesh. can you explain how my CPU is able to process these first two steps without the…

hi sorry oh, it actually appears that the GPU is only really needed for displaying the cloud and mesh once everything has been processed. Correct?

Hi Lucas, I’ll add more information to what we colleagues wrote here before. I was curious if Pix4D has the capability to use GPUs to assist with the processing functions? As Timothy said, Pix4Dmapper is compatible with any GPU that is compatible with OpenGL 3.2 or above. This means that Pix4D…

Hey, Thanks a lot for the in-depth description, I really appreciate it, BUT my main question has still not been answered, I will ask a more specific question. What I’m wondering if I am able to do: can I process everything on an extremely powerful computer system using an extremely modern CPU syste…

Hi Lucas, I’m happy that you came back to us with more detailed questions. I hope this time I’ll be able to answer all of them, if not please let me know. Generally speaking, presence of GPU that we support (type and the version) speeds up the processing up to 40% from what our testers could noti…

Hi Lucas, I got additional information from our developers which I already included in my post above. Please read it once again and let me know whether you have some questions. Best

Hello there, Well time to move forward! I was hoping you would have tried this already oh, it makes me wonder what type of cloud you’re using for your Cloud processing. I will be doing some tests soon and will gladly share the results with you. Thanks again and I look forward to continuing the conv…

Can Pix4d use GPUs to process photos?

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Daniele_Lecci January 19, 2024, 11:06am 15

Hi @terrass358,

I have replied to you here:

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