working in Vegas in Nvidia RTX 50xx series

marcinzm wrote on 1/8/2026, 3:42 PM

Hello,

Does Vegas fully support Blackwell architecture used in Nvidia RTX 5090 Tuf Gaming graphics card?

I know that this brand of GPU doesn't support hardware decoding video files like: 4K 4:2:2 HEVC 10 bit.

Does Vegas work on fully support this graphics card?
What should it be enhanced when this fully support would be applied? Rendering, working during editing, what else? Will it be significant enhancement comparing current latest build?

Is it graphics card partialy supported in the latest build of Vegas? If yes, which codecs are supported? What about using Voukoder in the latest build with this RTX Nvidia 5090 graphics card?

Thank you for sharing your answers.
Regards
Marcin

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RogerS wrote on 1/8/2026, 7:46 PM

It works the same as any other NVIDIA GPU minus full support for 10 bit AVC and HEVC decoding at the moment.

For improvements, it can be faster. See the benchmarks in my signature where I compares a 2080 Super to 5070.

Voukoder should be able to render any format the GPU supports.

RedRob-CandlelightProdctns wrote on 1/14/2026, 8:50 PM

Hey @RogerS -- just noticed in your sig that you opted for an i5 instead of an i7 or i9 when you built your PC 3 or 4 years ago. Curious... why?

Also -- Having just installed my 5070ti, I'm using Studio Driver version 591.44 which seems to work OK in VP23 -- BUT.. I'm having some weird issues with Continuum's Particle Illusion, especially after installing Continuum 2026 (vs 2025). Wondering if even in VP23 I should avoid 591.44?

RogerS wrote on 1/14/2026, 9:13 PM

@RedRob-CandlelightProdctns Hi Rob, yes when I built my PC I had a few requirements. I wanted moderate power consumption and heat generation from the CPU so that I could rely on reliable and affordable air cooling. I didn't see a big performance gap between i5 and better models for video editing (14 cores is really enough) and could use the savings for other components. In retrospect I think I chose well. My i5 overclocks well bringing it close to an i7 in performance while undervolting to control heat and power usage. It's been completely reliable unlike later revealed issues with i5/i7 13th and 14th gen destroying themselves. You can see the results yourself in both the VEGAS benchmarks I manage. See how it performs against similar systems and also the difference between an RTX 2080 Super and my newer 5070.

For the driver I am still on 581.57 and intend to stay on it for a while as I mainly use VP 21 and 22 and use NVENC sometimes. I haven't heard of general issues with the new driver and 23 though it's possible other applications have incompatibilities- haven't seen reports one way or another. There may also be issues with 23 and Particle Illusion regardless of driver version- I don't know as I haven't used it or read reports.