Even with newest hardware still the same strange lag problems as in PD 14 (+ multicore question)

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Alex Foster

Newbie Joined: Dec 16, 2016 11:09 Messages: 43 Offline

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Aug 09, 2017 09:38

1) Intel i7 7700K, ASUS GTX1060 card, newest mainboard etc. - my new PC cost me around 1500 EUR, the hardware is top notch, I would say. I like it!!

So, PD15: Everything runs fine, I have a clip on the timeline, say, a 50 minute 1280x720 clip. When I try to shorten it by clicking and dragging with the mouse from the right end of the clip towards the left, everything freezes / lags and only after two or so seconds it's back to normal again and I can continue editing.

How can that be?!! I expected my new editor to run as smoothly as silk with that kind of hardware power, but alas...

Any answers / suggestions?

2) I heard that PD15 renders faster with "OpenCL" NOT checked - which I can confirm. Are there any more secret tips on how to get everything out of my multicore system? Does PD15 really use all of my cores + my graphics card to the max? Because that's why I bought it... Browsing the web, I read that many users are also quite disappointed with how their new hardware only uses a fraction of its capacities even with multicore applications...

LouisV

Member Joined: Aug 10, 2013 18:43 Messages: 50 Offline

Aug 11, 2017 12:45

Quote 1) Intel i7 7700K, ASUS GTX1060 card, newest mainboard etc. - my new PC cost me around 1500 EUR, the hardware is top notch, I would say. I like it!!

So, PD15: Everything runs fine, I have a clip on the timeline, say, a 50 minute 1280x720 clip. When I try to shorten it by clicking and dragging with the mouse from the right end of the clip towards the left, everything freezes / lags and only after two or so seconds it's back to normal again and I can continue editing.

How can that be?!! I expected my new editor to run as smoothly as silk with that kind of hardware power, but alas...

Any answers / suggestions?

2) I heard that PD15 renders faster with "OpenCL" NOT checked - which I can confirm. Are there any more secret tips on how to get everything out of my multicore system? Does PD15 really use all of my cores + my graphics card to the max? Because that's why I bought it... Browsing the web, I read that many users are also quite disappointed with how their new hardware only uses a fraction of its capacities even with multicore applications...

The question is: 'does PD uses your NVIDIA gpu'? Your i7 has a built in HD 630 graphics card. I know from experience that PD and NVIDIA not always work together as it should. It really is a matter of luck, no matter what is said here on this forum. I have a laptop on which it is impossible to use the NVIDIA. Did you check in the NVIDIA settings whether PD uses the 1060? If not,disable in your BIOS the HD 630.