python : cannot import tensorflow-gpu

Question

I successfully created my tensorflow environment with Anaconda3 on my machine with the steps introduced on this link. But when I try to try to do :

>>> import tensorflow as tf

I get the following error messages : OSError and ImportError.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-
packages\tensorflow\python\platform\self_check.py", line 75, in preload_check
ctypes.WinDLL(build_info.cudart_dll_name)
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 351, in __init__
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: [WinError 126] This specified module could not be found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
from tensorflow.python import *
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 49, in <module>
from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 30, in <module>
self_check.preload_check()
  File "C:\Users\Froilan\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\platform\self_check.py", line 82, in preload_check
% (build_info.cudart_dll_name, build_info.cuda_version_number))
ImportError: Could not find 'cudart64_80.dll'. TensorFlow requires that this DLL be installed in a directory that is named in your %PATH% environment variable. Download and install CUDA 8.0 from this URL: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Could it be something to do with my cpu? I use Ryzen 1700. + GPU : GTX 1050 Ti - A bit inferior to 1080 ti or so.. but I've heard that GPU's would still be way better than CPU's.

Answer 1

you need to install CUDA library first, I would recommend to follow this link:

https://gist.github.com/mjdietzx/0ff77af5ae60622ce6ed8c4d9b419f45

UPDATE: for the Windows OS, please follow this approach:

http://blog.nitishmutha.com/tensorflow/2017/01/22/TensorFlow-with-gpu-for-windows.html