NVIDIA Graphic card GeForce GTX 1050Ti unavailable as preview device?

Matthew-Hall wrote on 8/31/2018, 6:11 PM

I recently set up a new computer with an NVIDIA Graphic card GeForce GTX 1050Ti, and it doesn't appear to show up as an option when selecting a preview device, only the Windows graphic card shows up.
Is there something that I'm missing here?

I'm using Vegas 15.0 and Windows 10.

I still have time to return the card, if it is indeed incompatible with Vegas, then I would love to hear some suggestions for a different card in a similar price range ($150 - $200).

Comments

Kinvermark wrote on 8/31/2018, 7:59 PM

"windows graphics card" IS your GPU preview device, which should be your 1080ti unless something strange is going on. It just isn't listed there. You can see it listed in the video preferences tab.

Trensharo wrote on 9/1/2018, 8:42 AM

Install certified drivers. Beta drivers and other hacked/customized versions which aren’t certified will cause this issue

Try reinstalling the drivers, otherwise.

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 8:48 AM

I think something strange is going on, because even on the lowest settings my playback is choppy.

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 8:49 AM

Install certified drivers. Beta drivers and other hacked/customized versions which aren’t certified will cause this issue

Try reinstalling the drivers, otherwise.

I got the drivers from the NVIDIA site, I'll uninstall and try again.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2018, 8:50 AM

Which GPU have you enabled under Preferences for GPU acceleration?

Trensharo wrote on 9/1/2018, 8:55 AM

I think something strange is going on, because even on the lowest settings my playback is choppy.

What kind of footage is it? CODEC, Framerate, Resolution, and recorded with what? What CPU do you have? Is this a laptop or a desktop?

Variable Framerate video tends to tank preview performance, and that’s common with OBS and similar software; and well as smart devices.

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 9:00 AM

Which GPU have you enabled under Preferences for GPU acceleration?

GPU acceleration recognizes my NVIDIA card and I have that enabled.

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 9:02 AM

I think something strange is going on, because even on the lowest settings my playback is choppy.

What kind of footage is it? CODEC, Framerate, Resolution, and recorded with what? What CPU do you have? Is this a laptop or a desktop?

Variable Framerate video tends to tank preview performance, and that’s common with OBS and similar software; and well as smart devices.

Just some basic 24fps/100mbs/1080p from my DSLR.
It's a desktop computer, Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor and 16 gigs of RAM.

I've edited similar footage on my old computer with no lag at all.

OldSmoke wrote on 9/1/2018, 9:03 AM

Have you tried disabling the so4 compound plugin?

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 9:11 AM

Have you tried disabling the so4 compound plugin?

I have, it had no effect.

Matthew-Hall wrote on 9/1/2018, 10:23 AM

"windows graphics card" IS your GPU preview device, which should be your 1080ti unless something strange is going on. It just isn't listed there. You can see it listed in the video preferences tab.

Thanks for this- knowing that turned out to be the key to figuring this one out.

The video project I was using to test the new computer started out with film burn transition from Red Giant Universe. For some reason, that one transition won't play smoothly, even on "Draft" settings. I might be able to tweak my settings to fix that, but after starting a new project and testing all other effects on the same footage, everything else seem to play smoothly.

Thanks for all the help here, everyone. I'm still baffled by that one transition being such a drain on my rig, but I guess I'll just see what I can do to work around that.