MegaDetector comes with GPU support which enables much faster image processing.
The following instructions are somewhat technical and have not been tested extensively (meaning there is a chance that you might run into some issues)
If you don't, then you cannot proceed. You can find the list of compatible GPUs here. It may or may not be up to date, so do some research if you believe you have a compatible GPU that isn't listed.
You can find the latest drivers for your model here
It's important to ensure you download the exact versions specified. The app was built with them in mind and I cannot guarantee it will work with other versions.
3.1 Download the Toolkit
3.2 Download cuDNN v7.6.5 for Windows 10 (you will need to create an NVIDIA account)
- Extract the contents of the zip file into a temporary folder
- Copy
<tempfolder>/cuda/bin/cudnn64_7.dll
toC:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v10.1\bin\
- Copy
<tempfolder>/cuda/include/cudnn.h
toC:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v10.1\include\
- Copy
<tempfolder>/cuda/lib/x64/cudnn.lib
toC:\Program Files\NVIDIA GPU Computing Toolkit\CUDA\v10.1\lib\x64\
You might find that they are already there in which case it's fine. Here are some screenshots to guide you: