# install Cuda 9.1 for my rtx 2070 card?

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**Category:** CUDA Setup and Installation\
**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/install-cuda-9-1-for-my-rtx-2070-card/69636 "2019-01-21T14:06:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![muharraq](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@muharraq](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/muharraq)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/install-cuda-9-1-for-my-rtx-2070-card/69636/1 "2019-01-21T14:06:42Z")

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Can I install Cuda 9.1 on my Ubuntu 18.04 and will it be compatible with my card?  
rtx 2070

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**Author:** ![saulocpp](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@saulocpp](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/saulocpp)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/install-cuda-9-1-for-my-rtx-2070-card/69636/2 "2019-01-22T17:56:31Z")

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No: [https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/9.1/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/9.1/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html)  
But you are welcome to try.

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**Author:** ![muharraq](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@muharraq](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/muharraq)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/install-cuda-9-1-for-my-rtx-2070-card/69636/3 "2019-01-22T18:59:18Z")

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> No: [Installation Guide Linux :: CUDA Toolkit Documentation](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/9.1/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html)  
> But you are welcome to try.

But why I can’t use Cuda 9.1 and an RTX card?

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Crovella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/robert_crovella/32/14043_2.png) [@Robert\_Crovella](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/Robert_Crovella)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/install-cuda-9-1-for-my-rtx-2070-card/69636/4 "2019-01-22T19:05:19Z")

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NVIDIA recommends CUDA 10 or newer for RTX GPUs.

CUDA 10 has support for the sm\_75 Turing architecture.

If you use a CUDA version prior to CUDA 10, you can still get those to work, but you may run into various issues such as long JIT compile delays if you use libraries like CUBLAS and CUDNN. And you won’t be able to compile codes specifically for the Turing architecture. You will need to compile for some previous architecture and make sure to use compile switches that will generate embedded PTX, for forward compatibility.