Freezing Blender: Cycles Metal GPU on macOS #97397

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Max · 2022-04-17T09:41:17+02:00

Max commented

2022-04-17 09:41:17 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: macOS-12.3.1-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 560 4 GB (but works on internal Intel HD Graphics 630)

Blender Version
Broken: version: 3.1.2, branch: master, commit date: 2022-03-31 17:40, hash: cc66d1020c

Short description of error

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
Open Blender default scene (or any scene), enable Metal for AMD Radeon Pro 560 in preferences and switch render engine to cycles - GPU - no pixel is rendered, you can navigate around an invisible scene and then blender freezes. Enabling Metal for CPU (internal graphics) works, only GPU crashes. Disabling Metal in settings allows for Cycle GPU render to behave normally.

**System Information** Operating system: macOS-12.3.1-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 560 4 GB (but works on internal Intel HD Graphics 630) **Blender Version** Broken: version: 3.1.2, branch: master, commit date: 2022-03-31 17:40, hash: `cc66d1020c` **Short description of error** ![grafik.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13004910/grafik.png) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** Open Blender default scene (or any scene), enable Metal for AMD Radeon Pro 560 in preferences and switch render engine to cycles - GPU - no pixel is rendered, you can navigate around an invisible scene and then blender freezes. Enabling Metal for CPU (internal graphics) works, only GPU crashes. Disabling Metal in settings allows for Cycle GPU render to behave normally.

Max commented

2022-04-17 09:41:17 +02:00

Added subscriber: @maxwxyz

Pratik Borhade commented

2022-04-18 07:58:20 +02:00

Added subscriber: @PratikPB2123

Max commented

2022-04-22 22:01:56 +02:00

Can I provide more info or how can we fix this - I'm not able to render.

Guido commented

2022-04-22 22:13:29 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Nurb2Kea

Guido commented

2022-04-22 22:13:29 +02:00

Can you please make another screenshot, WHEN you render the next time.

Just start the render, even if it's not working as you said. If you see the cube like in the former screenshot, just a outline, then make immediately a full screen screenshot.

So we could see if blender is setting up the first render with GPU, what takes a while (1-2 min. max).
When starting the render it should appear on the top left next to the tools in 3dview:

If that is the case then wait some minutes, until blender finishes setting up the GPU rendering. This happens every time something on GPU rendering get's changed in the blender code.

Can you please make another screenshot, WHEN you render the next time. Just start the render, even if it's not working as you said. If you see the cube like in the former screenshot, just a outline, then make immediately a full screen screenshot. So we could see if blender is setting up the first render with GPU, what takes a while (1-2 min. max). When starting the render it should appear on the top left next to the tools in 3dview: ![Screen Shot 2022-04-23 at 2.29.17 am.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13016987/Screen_Shot_2022-04-23_at_2.29.17_am.jpg) ![Screen Shot 2022-04-23 at 2.31.39 am.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13016992/Screen_Shot_2022-04-23_at_2.31.39_am.jpg) If that is the case then wait some minutes, until blender finishes setting up the GPU rendering. This happens every time something on GPU rendering get's changed in the blender code.

Max commented

2022-04-23 07:43:16 +02:00

This is right after I hit render with Metal GPU enabled and Cycles GPU render engine:

I was not really patient, but I waited about 6 minutes - after that it actually worked!
Thank you for your support, I will try to close this problem.

This is right after I hit render with Metal GPU enabled and Cycles GPU render engine: ![grafik.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F13017436/grafik.png) I was not really patient, but I waited about 6 minutes - after that it actually worked! Thank you for your support, I will try to close this problem.

Max commented

2022-04-23 07:43:38 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Resolved'

Max closed this issue

2022-04-23 07:43:38 +02:00

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Freezing Blender: Cycles Metal GPU on macOS #97397