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GenJerDan wrote on 1/7/2013, 9:02 PM
ok, have downloaded 310.90, but am awaiting yours, and others reports

Just rendered a 75 minute project with no problems. Mixed SD (AVI) and HD (MP4) project media.

The previous drivers didn't like this at all, unless I turned off RAM and/or went 8-bit.

Now, of course, I have to go back in and re-CC it...32bit doesn't look anything like 8bit. :p
ushere wrote on 1/7/2013, 9:50 PM
have put my knitting in the basket while i roll a few (talking) heads under .90.

if all goes well it will be a revolution, if not, heads WILL roll ;-)
Grazie wrote on 1/7/2013, 10:37 PM
Lol! - Make sure you're using the correct Basket?

G
ushere wrote on 1/7/2013, 11:18 PM
i usually use a wicker one, being the traditionalist i am, but for the moment i'm using an enamel tub, just in case i end up venting my spleen ;-)
AlanADale wrote on 1/8/2013, 2:47 AM
For those either considering, or already having executed a 'clean' install of the latest NVidia driver, I would like to make a comment and request feedback.
It is my understanding that choosing the 'clean install' option only removes any user personal settings from earlier driver updates and installs the updated driver version with NVidia default settings.
Am I correct in thinking then that those having chosen the 'clean install' method have set some personal settings using the NVidia Control Panel and if so, what settings did you choose to change from default, why and did you notice any noticeable improvements?
Grazie wrote on 1/8/2013, 3:13 AM
"It is my understanding that choosing the 'clean install' option only removes any user personal settings from earlier driver updates and installs the updated driver version with NVidia default settings."

Where did you get that from? Where you "told" this by another Vegas<>nVidia user or straight from the nVidia site?

Cheers

Grazie

Grazie wrote on 1/8/2013, 3:19 AM
What I read on nVidia concerning clean install was this: "Option to perform a clean installation ("

And that, right there, with my latest foray into this murky underworld of Video drivers was the selling point to me? My "personal settings" I couldn't really see as being anything more than "Shades of Grey" - if you catch my drift? What I wanted was a new start for this new driver set.

Cheers

Grazie

AlanADale wrote on 1/8/2013, 6:12 AM
@ Grazie

Checking the option 'Perform a Clean Installation' results in the following being displayed next to a yellow caution triangle:-

'A clean install restores all NVIDIA settings to the default value and removes any profiles you have created'.

So no, nothing from another Vegas/Nvidia user but straight from the site - or rather the message displayed during the install process.

Additionally, (my own observation this) is that when an updated driver is installed if one watches the install process carefully the update first removes old version of things prior to installing the latest. Hence the reason why one only ever sees never version in Windows Add/Remove programme list. User settings, however, remain as is unless the clean install option is chosen.
monoparadox wrote on 1/8/2013, 8:43 AM
On my computer selecting clean install forces a restart. This isn't the case when using automatic install. This ==leads me to believe== that clean install means uninstalling previous drivers.

nVidia's comment on profile removal on clean install is vague about what happens beyond profile removal. As far as profiles, the only thing I really set are for my monitor color/contrast/vibrance/etc. Also, I would note that on my laptop, I am forced to respecify my nVidia card as the default graphics processor in the nVidia control panel.

tom
Tom Pauncz wrote on 1/8/2013, 9:58 AM
I performed a "clean" install of 310.90 last night, as I had nothing personal to be reset.

I did check installed components, using the nVidia ctl panel prior, and noted that there were components, seemingly duplicates, that were left over from the previous driver installation.

Checking same, after clean install, only had one of each of those components.

Have not noticed anything good or bad with this driver wrt to Vegas. Once I can successfully load Vegas 11 or 12, they are both stable.

MP4s render fine, 32bit full range etc are behaving fine, as expected.

For me it's business as usual.

Tom
bdg wrote on 1/8/2013, 10:12 PM
Well *this* time I installed 310.90
It took it a day to malfunction as I mentioned in my previous message.
Same deal - screen all pixilated and same message when I left click on the screen.
Alls I was running was Cobian backup which is about zero drain on video.

If this continues I shall go back to 301.42 again.
ushere wrote on 1/8/2013, 11:53 PM
bdg - sounds more like a problem with your card. i've never experienced pixelisation due to a driver?

i had some problems with 301.xx in vegas, but not otherwise. have you a spare card to test with?
farss wrote on 1/9/2013, 12:08 AM
I agree, sounds more like a heat related problem, possibly the newer drivers let the GPU get pushed harder and hence hotter.
It might pay to check for fur balls in the GPU heatsink etc.

Bob.
wilvan wrote on 1/9/2013, 12:24 AM
Installed on my dell workstation ( 2 x nvidia quadro 4000's ).
preview stutters like hell on a simple cross fade .
Turned GPU back to off ( as always ).
All back to normal and fast.

Turning on GPU makes vegas using about 6% processor use ( together with another 6 % NT kernel use ) when simply started and not yet doing anything at all.
( which goes to , of course , zero procent when doing nothing at all ( and GPU off ))

After effects though seems to like this driver ( as boris red does )

pffftttt...... but really don't care much since the dual xeons and lots of RAM do their job well in vegas pro ?

Sony  PXW-FX9 and 2 x Sony PXW-Z280  ( optimised as per Doug Jensen Master Classes and Alister Chapman advices ) Sony A7 IV
2 x HP Z840 workstations , each as follows : WIN10 pro x 64 , 2 x 10 core Xeon E5-2687W V3 at 3.5 GHz , 256 GB reg ECC RAM , HP nvidia quadro RTX A5000 ( 24GB ), 3 x samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4  , 3 x SSD 1TB samsung 860 pro , 3 x 3TB WD3003FZEX.
SONY Vegas Pro 13 build 453  ( user since version 4 ) , SONY DVDarch , SONY SoundForge(s) , SONY Acid Pro(s) , SONY Cinescore ( each year buying upgrades for all of them since vegas pro 4 )
(MAGIX) Vegas pro 14 ( bought it as a kind of support but never installed it )
SONY CATALYST browse 
Adobe Photoshop  CC 2025
Adobe After Effects CC 2025 & Adobe Media Encoder CC 2025
Avid Media Composer 2024.xx ( started with the FREE Avid Media Composer First in 2019 )
Dedicated solely editing systems , fully optimized , windows 10 pro x 64 
( win10 pro operating systems , all most silly garbage and kid's stuff of microsoft entirely removed , never update win 10 unless required for editing purposes or ( maybe ) after a while when updates have proven to be reliable and no needless microsoft kid's stuff is added in the updates )

wwjd wrote on 1/9/2013, 8:35 AM
i'm using 310.90.... older 3.2ghz processor, 2 gig video ram, 4 gig system ram... didn't help my preview - still need to set it at 0 or it is JERK-CITY
rtbond wrote on 1/9/2013, 9:43 AM
Are there many people seeing timeline Preview or H.264 Rendering benefits from GPU acceleration for H.264 content?

My experience continues to be that the good old fashion CPU-based processing yields better performance.

--Rob

Rob Bond

My System Info:

  • Vegas Pro 22 Build 194
  • OS: Windows 11.0 Home (64-bit), Version: 10.0.26100 Build 26100
  • Processor: i9-10940X CPU @ 3.30GHz (14 core)
  • Physical memory: 64GB (Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 memory kit)
  • Motherboard Model: MSI x299 Creator (MS-7B96)
  • GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC ULTRA (Studio Driver Version =  536.40)
  • Storage: Dual Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSD (boot and Render); WDC WD4004FZWX, 7200 RPM (media)
  • Primary Display: Dell UltraSharp 27, U2723QE, 4K monitor with 98% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR 400 with Dell Display Manager
  • Secondary Display: LG 32UK550-B, entry-level 4k/HDR-10 level monitor, @95% DCI-P3 coverage
wwaag wrote on 1/9/2013, 10:32 AM
With the new driver cleanly installed, preview performance went down dramatically using GPU. For AVCHD footage (1080_60P) with only titles and transitions, only 30 fps at Best-Full. With GPU off, it was back to 59 fps.

A second problem--debugmode frameserver quit working. Fortunately, I had created a system restore point prior to installing the updated driver.

wwaag

AKA the HappyOtter at https://tools4vegas.com/. System 1: Intel i7-8700k with HD 630 graphics plus an Nvidia RTX4070 graphics card. System 2: Intel i7-3770k with HD 4000 graphics plus an AMD RX550 graphics card. System 3: Laptop. Dell Inspiron Plus 16. Intel i7-11800H, Intel Graphics. Current cameras include Panasonic FZ2500, GoPro Hero11 and Hero8 Black plus a myriad of smartPhone, pocket cameras, video cameras and film cameras going back to the original Nikon S.

bdg wrote on 1/9/2013, 5:37 PM
Downloading 301.42 again - just had the pixellation thing and this time it locked my pc stone cold - no mouse - no ctrl/alt/del - nothing - just the pixellated screen.
Most annoying.

Appreciate the suggestions guys but this is a very new pc I just built.
It's been running fine for several months now with an older driver.
Definitely no fur-balls etc.

Besides this particular lockup was right after startup after it had been off for about 3 hours in 50 deg ambient temp. I would be wearing gloves right now except I make too many typos wearing gloves. :o)
Alls I was running was thunderbird in the background while I ate take out fish-n-chips and chilled (heh!) out with a game of Hearts (solitare).

However, the most important point to my mind is that with the older driver it doesn't crash and is rock-solid.
Gotta be the driver eh!
bsuratt wrote on 1/10/2013, 7:01 AM
@wwaag

Frameserver continues to work fine with 310.90 and GT520 on my Dell XPS720 PC.
dxdy wrote on 1/10/2013, 2:30 PM
Debug Frameserver and V12 fine with 310.90 here as well. EVGA GTX 660ti with 2GB RAM

Previewing with this GPU gives frame rate about 3x CPU only preview, Best/Full. Source 3 tracks of AVCHD, Sony chromakey, lower 3rd with alpha, text with alpha all simultaneously. With GPU, Best/Full does 20-22 fps.

CPU is i7-3770k; 16 GB RAM

Fred

Edited to add preview info and processor info.
Zeitgeist wrote on 1/10/2013, 6:49 PM
AVCHD = driver 296.10 = GPU Blazing Fast.