GPU problem with Matlab 2017b

I have two Nvidia Tesla C 1060 connected to the machine (workstation)that runs Matlab 2017b. I ran this command :

gpuDevice

to check the compatibility. I got this error message :

Error using gpuDevice (line 26)
There is a problem with the graphics driver or with this GPU device. Be sure that you have a
supported GPU and that the latest driver is installed.

Caused by:
    The graphics driver was found, but it is too old. The graphics driver on your system supports CUDA version 6.5. The required CUDA version is 8 or greater.

tried to install the recent CUDA release from Nvidia (cuda_9.0.176_windows_network) and it didn't work.

installed the recent driver for the GPU card and CUDA 6.5 (cuda_6.5.14_windows_general_64) and no change at all.

Answer 1

[Joss Knight]

To use a Fermi card with R2017b you will first need to install Update 2. Follow the link in this bug report: https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1668715

Secondly, NVIDIA have some backwards compatibility issues with Fermi cards and the latest drivers. You should install a CUDA 8 driver from the 37x series, such as this one: http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/113456/en-us

It's worth noting that NVIDIA are no longer posting any certified drivers for the C1060 on their website, so it may well be that they have fully deprecated that card, and there could still be some other issues. However, drivers for any compatible card are normally fine. If there were other problems your only solution would be to not upgrade MATLAB and keep your original driver.

[caesar]

well thank you Joss Knight for your answer. I did install the bug fix and tried to follow your link and download the Nvidia driver 376.33 but that particular driver is for Windows 10 and i have windows 7 64. I found, download and installed the same one for Windows 7 from : http://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/113464/en-uk. unfortunately, it didnt go through due to compatibility

as shown in the attached image.

Another issue is : Matlab 2017b requires a GPU with compute capability of 3 and above and Tesla c 1060 has 1.3 compute compatibility, so if somehow the driver problem could be resolved do you think it will go through ?

[Edric Ellis]

Support for the C1060 device was removed from Parallel Computing Toolbox in R2014b, see this release note.

[caesar]

Thanks Edric Ellis, now its all clear.