Troubleshooting Graphics Hardware

Blender uses of OpenGL for the 3D Viewport and user interface. The graphics card (GPU) and driver have a big impact on Blender’s behavior and performance.

This section lists possible solutions for graphics glitches, problems with EEVEE and Cycles, and crashes related to your GPU.

Drivers

Upgrading to the latest graphics drivers often solves problems. Newer drivers have bug fixes that help Blender function correctly.

• Windows
  • Nvidia
  • AMD
  • Intel
  • Other GPU
• Linux
  • Nvidia
  • AMD
  • Intel
  • Other GPU
• macOS
  • Nvidia
  • AMD
  • Intel
  • Other GPU