What Visual Studio components does CUDA need?

To use CUDA on your system, you will need the following installed:

• A CUDA-capable GPU.
• A supported version of Microsoft Windows.
• A supported version of Microsoft Visual Studio.

What is included in CUDA Toolkit?

The CUDA Toolkit includes libraries, debugging and optimization tools, a compiler and a runtime library to deploy your application. You’ll also find code samples, programming guides, user manuals, API references and other documentation to help you get started.

Is Visual Studio required for CUDA?

Visual Studio is a Prerequisite for CUDA Toolkit Visual studio is required for the installation of Nvidia CUDA Toolkit (this prerequisite is referred to here). If you attempt to download and install CUDA Toolkit for Windows without having first installed Visual Studio, you get the message shown in Fig. 1.

Do you need Visual Studio for CUDA?

You can install CUDA Toolkit without Visual Studio but some functionalities of CUDA won’t work if you have not installed Visual Studio. You will get this type of message if you will try to install it without Visual Studio.

Is CUDA Toolkit needed?

The accepted answer states that you need to install nvidia-cuda-toolkit to run the version commands at all (though referring not to Windows, but it is the same on Windows). The answer of using nvidia-smi to get the version in the top right is rejected as wrong since it only shows which version is supported.

Why CUDA toolkit does not work with Visual Studio?

Just make sure that you are having visual studio installed before installing CUDA toolkit. CUDA toolkit installs necessary libraries and then checks for available Visual studio versions in machine and installs visual studio integration for these versions (If you install VS after installing toolkit, then it won’t work) .

Is it necessary to install CUDA 10 without workloads/components/compilers?

Installing Visual Studio without workloads/components/compilers is not enough, however. I request clarification on which components in Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition are necessary to install CUDA 10.

How do I create a CUDA project in Visual Studio 2019?

When creating a new CUDA application, the Visual Studio project file must be configured to include CUDA build customizations. To accomplish this, click File-> New | Project… NVIDIA-> CUDA->, then select a template for your CUDA Toolkit version.

What are the project files in the CUDA samples?

The project files in the CUDA Samples have been designed to provide simple, one-click builds of the programs that include all source code. To build the Windows projects (for release or debug mode), use the provided *.sln solution files for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, 2012, or 2013.