# GPU Rendering issue “Cuda error at cuCtxCreate: Illegal Address

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/gpu-rendering-issue-cuda-error-at-cuctxcreate-illegal-address/1100189>\
**Category:** Materials and Textures\
**Created:** [February 24, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/gpu-rendering-issue-cuda-error-at-cuctxcreate-illegal-address/1100189 "2018-02-24T15:25:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MadeWithFeet](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/madewithfeet/32/514601_2.png) [@MadeWithFeet](https://blenderartists.org/u/MadeWithFeet)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/gpu-rendering-issue-cuda-error-at-cuctxcreate-illegal-address/1100189/9 "2018-02-25T13:12:52Z")

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Blender from the official site is straightforward, no need to install it.

Uncompress it somewhere, open a terminal, go to the directory, ./blender

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