PolyVox Studio v2.4

🎭 PolyVox Studio v2.4

What's New

🟢 NVIDIA RTX 50-Series (Blackwell) Support

• Added CUDA 12.8 runtime option for RTX 5090, 5080, 5070, 5060, and 5050 (Blackwell architecture)
• Installs PyTorch 2.7.0 with full SM 10.x compute support
• Both Linux and Windows installers now auto-detect driver ≥ 570 and recommend CUDA 12.8
• app/utils/gpu.py: new detect_blackwell_50_series() helper; suggest_torch_command() recommends the correct cu128 wheel for 50-series cards

📝 Documentation Updates

• GPU support table updated with RTX 50-series row and driver requirements
• Fixed corrupted emoji characters in README (Hallucination Guard and Documentation section headers)
• INSTALL_LINUX.md and INSTALL_WINDOWS.md updated with CUDA 12.8 / driver ≥ 570 info throughout

🔧 Installer Improvements

• Installer menu expanded from 3 to 4 options (Linux and Windows)
• Windows auto-detection now maps driver ≥ 570 → CUDA 12.8
• .gitignore updated: excludes *.whl, PolyVox/ venv dir, .polyvox_tmp/ cache, and pip freeze artifacts

GPU Runtime Reference

GPU Series	Runtime	PyTorch	Min Driver
RTX 50-series (Blackwell)	CUDA 12.8	2.7.0	≥ 570
RTX 40 / 30 / 20, GTX 16	CUDA 12.1	2.1.0	≥ 535
RTX 10 / GTX 10 & older	CUDA 11.8	2.1.0	≥ 520
No NVIDIA GPU	CPU only	2.1.0	—