Hi,
I would like you to run a DxDiag.exe and save the results to a text file then post here on the forum, this helps members diagnose your system. Also there are various Power Director 11 version each has it's own recommended specs., so your DxDiag file will help members recommend a Power Director version that you system could handle. The Ultimate Suite requires a POWERFUL system to function adequately. check out the requirements on the various versions.
Jim Intel i7-2600@3.4Gz Geforce 560ti-1GB Graphic accelerator, windows 7 Premium 12GB memory

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Here are CL's recommendations for a fuss free running:

Recommended System Requirements

Operating System

Microsoft Windows® 8, 7, Vista or XP (Service Pack 3).

Screen Resolution

1024 x 768, 16-bit color or above

CPU Processor

PowerDirector 11 is optimized for CPUs with MMX/SSE/SSE2/3DNow!/3DNow! Extension/HyperThreading technology.

AVI Capture/Produce: Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2

DVD Quality (MPEG-2) Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2

High Quality MPEG-4 and Streaming WMV, QuickTime) Profiles: Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2

Full-HD quality H.264 and MPEG2 Profiles: Intel Corei5/7 or AMD Phenom II X4

AVCHD and BD burning Profiles: Pentium Core 2 Duo E6400, or AMD Phenom II X2

2K/4K/3D* video editing profile: Intel Corei7 or AMD Phenom II X4 with 64 bit OS 6 GB RAM

Memory

512 MB required

3GB DDR2 or above recommended for 32 bit OS

6GB DDR2 or above recommended for 64 bit OS & 3D editing

Hard Disk Space

6.5 GB required minimum (note: 400 MB is for Magic Music Library)

10 GB (20 GB recommended) for DVD production

60 GB (100 GB recommended) for Blu-ray Disc/AVCHD production

Burning Drive

A CD or DVD burner (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW) is required to burn VCD/DVD/SVCD/AVCHD titles

A Blu-ray disc recordable drive is required to burn Blu-ray Discs


Graphics Card

128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (1 GB or higher VRAM and OpenCL capable are recommended)

NVIDIA:

GeForce 600 Series

GeForce 8500GT/9800GT and above

GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500 Series

AMD / ATI :

AMD APU Family with AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: A-Series, E2-Series, C-Series, E-Series, G-Series

AMD Radeon™ HD Graphics: HD 7000 Series, HD 6000 Series

ATI Radeon™ HD Graphics: 5900 Series, 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5500 Series, 5400 Series

ATI FirePro™ Graphics

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD: 5800 Series, 5700 Series, 5600 Series, 5400 Series

ATI Mobility FirePro™: M7820, M5800


David Windows 7 X64 SP1
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA1366 X58
Intel core I7 950 3.80 GHZ CPU
12Gb Corsair TR3X3G1600C8D Tri channel
Corsair H70 Water cooling
Corsair HX1000W PSU
nVidia GTX 980
Intel 240Gb SSD 520 Series
2 x Seagate 1 Tb

Thanks David I was wondering this the other day.

I attached DxDiag file, I consider PD 11 Ultra.

As you are looking at 1080/50p AVC rendering have a read of this - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/24689.page

It is a mixed bag but I'd recomend:
1) 64-Bit OS install
2) The brand of GPU choice is only of important if you plan to use the GPU for rendering the output. I've not tested ATI for a while but at that time, nVidia was far far better. If I was to buy a GPU today I'd pick an 650 as it is cheap, the same performance as a 550Ti but draws much less power. PD 64 Bit-Win10 64 Bit-32GB RAM-80TB HDD
Sony FX6 - 500Mbps 4k/50p AVC-I HLG
Canon XF400 - 150Mbps 4k/50p AVC
GoPro Hero6 Black
Pana HS700-28Mbps 1080/50p AVC (High@L4.2)
Canon HV20-HDV 25Mbps 16:9 1440x1080/25p MPEG

I have the ATI 5770 series... no issues with my video card.... __________________________________________
Windows 8 Pro 64 bit

CyberLink PowerDirector 10 Tutorials
PDtoots PowerDirector Tutorials

**NOTICE**
When you are asked to provide a DXDIAG you go the following link and do part "B". Your posted specs are NOT what we are looking for as they tell us nothing. The specs on the box of your computer mean nothing. The DXDIAG shows us how your computer is configured as it runs.

DXDIAG Link

Bubba,

What ATI driver version are you using ? Win 10, i7

Depends on what you're willing to spend, but a GTX 560 or GTX 650 would be a wise choice.

Hey, when I edit and render 1080/50p and hw rendering established the GPU charged about. 50%.
CPU will be charged about. 20%. And memory usage has been up to 9 gb.
So now PD11 is true 64 bit
As you can see, I have GTX460 and there is enough power.. My Camera:
Sony CX570E
PC:
ASUS P6X58D-E
I7 950
12 GB Ram
Nvidia GTX460
Win 8 Pro 64 bit
Corsair SSD Force Series 3, 240GB 2.5 "System"
Western Digital Caviar® Black 1TB "Storage"
2 X Western Digital Elements 1TB "Backup"

I know I'm underpowered for PD11. Can I still use in basic modes for creating a simple mix of home shot videos with minimal hiccups? Is there a better software program I should be looking at.

Full sys specs are attached, here's basics
HPdv5 x64
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz
4GB phys mem
Ttl virtual 8GB

Thanks;
TonyD

Quote: I know I'm underpowered for PD11. Can I still use in basic modes for creating a simple mix of home shot videos with minimal hiccups? Is there a better software program I should be looking at.

Give PD11 trial version a go should answer your query. Close other programs while using it.

As for alternatives, it wouldn't be appropriate to tout them here. Video editors in general are resource intensive.

That's what I figured; thanks of confirming. Downloading now. Thanks;
TonyD

Quote: I know I'm underpowered for PD11. Can I still use in basic modes for creating a simple mix of home shot videos with minimal hiccups? Is there a better software program I should be looking at.
Full sys specs are attached, here's basics
HPdv5 x64
Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz
4GB phys mem
Ttl virtual 8GB

tonyD48,
welcome to the forum. You can do HD video, but with patience. Any lighting improvements, stabilizing, or tricky stuff you try will cause bogging down, depending somewhat on the video format.
You can start a new thread, post your dxdiag as suggested from the stickies, and we'll "optimize" your experience, and get your expectations in-line with your hardware. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
https://www.facebook.com/BarryAFTT

Cool, works for me. Downloaded & installing now, will do tutorials and then play and post.
Thanks; Thanks;
TonyD

It's up and running and wade thru help but not finding much. Any tutorials out there suggested or just google around? Thanks;
TonyD

Quote: It's up and running and wade thru help but not finding much. Any tutorials out there suggested or just google around?

Check PDtoots: https://www.youtube.com/user/PDtoots/videos

and Cyberlinks own Director Zone for free addons and effects etc: http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/pdr/

Rob
PD 14 Ultimate Suite / Win10 Pro x64
1. Gigabyte Brix PRO / i7-4770R Intel Iris Pro 5200 / 16 GB / 1 TB SSD
2. Lenovo X230T / 8GB / Intel HD4000 + ViDock 4 Plus & ASUS Nvidia 660 Ti / Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIZw3GPwKMo&feature=youtu.be

Excellent results with a 2GB GT640 even with 4K editing. The card is recommended for video editing, it is however slow for gaming. Same can be said for the GT 430 1GB, both very inexpensive and do not need extra power connection and use little space.

I have done PC video editing for over 14 years and generally found (and read) that Nvidea cards have fewer problems.

Eugene 73s, WA6JZN ex DL9GC
CYBERLINK PLEASE ADD UHD BLU RAY BURNING SOFTWARE
PD14,
Win10,64bit.CPU i7 6700,16GB ,C= 480 GB SSD ,GPU GTX1060 6GB 1 fan. Plus 3 int, 4 ext HDD's for video etc.LG WH16NS40 reads UHD.
4K 24" ViewSonic monitor.Camera Sony FDR-A