Do you have the shadow files turned off?

Alt+C, general tab. uncheck Enable file processing... Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Quote: Do you have the shadow files turned off?

Alt+C, general tab. uncheck Enable file processing...

I am at work right now and not on that PC... but yes I do have them turned off... After I posted this thread, I searched and found a few other similar ones with same problem... I tried the suggestion of lowering the preview quality.. didnt help really... At first they were hard transitions so I added in some transition graphics and it worked... I have a feeling it is more with my PC rather than any settings on PD.. I know all my drivers are up to date, ETC... Maybe the graphics card is a little on the lower end... especially since my files are in HD.... The Radeon HD3200 was stock in the gateway and I never upgraded to a better version...

That Graphic card is very low end.

It has a benchmark of 106 which is 549 in the rank, Lower is better.

It would have a great deal to do with the delay on updating the screen. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Contacted technical support they got back to me about changing the virtual mem and the normal route of closing all programs, anti-virus etc.. will give that a shot later tonight...

If worse comes to worst.... what kind of card would you recommend getting... to be honest, I just use it for recording gameplay right now but in the future I will get an HD capable cam for videos, etc..

Something in the $100-150 range is fine... did a quick look and seems like I should be ok in the price range



edit: I tried what CS said to do, same thing... but it works fine with a graphic transition added, just the hard ones it hangs up... which doesnt bother me any as I like to add them... well anyways.. back to work I go.....

For faster performance you can buy one of the cards on this list.

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector/faster-performance_en_US.html

Increasing your virtual memory to about 5 GB helps a great deal.

It also helps if your page file is moved off of your C: drive. That only works if your hard drive is partitioned into multiple drives. And you have a really big harddrive. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Although video card prowess isn't necessarily a prerequisite for an editing system, a low end card can definitely impact what you see on the screen, i.e previews, refreshes, etc.

I just installed a new NVIDIA based GTX 460 card which I love, but that was 229.00 (200.00 after rebate)

I would actually recommend the ATI 5770 which is in that 150.00 range on newegg.com.

On the NVIDIA side the GeForce 9800 GT is still a good card for 100.00 or so or the GTS 450 for a little more.

Make sure you get a 1 GIG version of whatever card you decide.

Hope this helps...

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