VP11/701 update - GPU acceleration even worse!

ReceptorDeceptor wrote on 9/25/2012, 5:43 PM

Hi there.

I'm wondering if anyone else noted that with the recent 701 update, the stability of GPU acceleration has gone from bad to even worse??

VP11 freezes completely when GPU acceleration is switched on, no matter if the program is being run in Win7 compatibility mode or not. Just trying to preview a HD project that has one MXF file while GPU acceleration is enabled will cause entire Vegas to freeze so badly that I can't even submit a crash report. Nice.

My graphics card is AMD FirePro v7900 -- yep, one of those fancy cards that were endorsed by Sony to be used with Vegas Pro 11 for "maximum performance" (lol).

Running on Win7/64bit with the latest AMD retail drivers (8.982.2-120711a-143290C-Retail).

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Comments

JohnnyRoy wrote on 9/25/2012, 10:24 PM

I don't think this will help but it's another data point at least. I'm running the 701 build just fine on Windows 7 64-bit with Sony MXF files and GPU acceleration on and everything is playing normal. I have an NVIDIA Quadro 4000 graphics card with the 305.93 quadro drivers.

~jr

Gary James wrote on 9/26/2012, 6:49 AM

It appears that the GPU problems in build 700/701 are related to the latest cutting edge video cards. I have an older nVidia GTS-250 with the v306.23 driver. This release of SVP v11, combined with my HW & driver is the first time I can reliably use GPU acceleration for both previewing and rendering video in Sony Vegas.

I did a test render on an old slideshow project of mine that has ~1100 images of various high and low resolutions, and numerous FX and Pan/Crop motions applied to each. It took just over 2 hrs to render the project. Before this new release, my system took about 3 hrs to render the same project.

Mikey Brennan wrote on 9/29/2012, 9:32 PM

I'm sorry but i'm a noob here to posting and to finally making my account.

I've had sony vegas pro 11 for over a year and starting yesterday I have not been able to even render a video without it crashing. I don't know much, I've looked downloaded stuff from the site for upgrade and nothing.

ritsmer wrote on 9/30/2012, 3:52 PM

Just an idea: download and try the new build 700. It is rock stable here.
It is a 32 bit build, yes, but it easily handles full HD projects of up to an hour and more - and several users have reported that specially this build is very reliable.

PS: when you post in this forum please fill in your system specifications - else it is quite difficult to help.