This was clearly shown here some time ago as well as other posts. Yes the GTX960 has better decode ability relative to 970 or 980 but only applicable for codes that take advantage of it, PD14 was not one as near as I could tell. Jab73180, since your OP was about timeline playback fluidity and GPU actual load with 2.7K footage vs 1080, a my experience would indicate a GTX960, 970, 980 will make no difference there vs the 650ti.įor 2.7K or 4K, H.264 or H.265 footage, PD14 did not utilize the GPU for timeline decode playback as near as I could resolve, even if decoding of these formats was supported via GPU capability. The big downside is file size is multiplied by TEN. Don't know if a processed 2k file can work on the timeline with regular hd as shadow files are not used on the AVI files Magic creates. Lastly Magic has shown promise and 4k files tested ran smooth. Only done some light titles and transitions so haven't put a strain on the I7 5930 CPU I am running. The CPU handles the effects and transitions. cost effective at this point and even if I don't get help in the edit and or playback side I am processing/rendering a lot and on the verge of wanting to go 4k. I do get better playback but not nearly as good as I expected. I replaced a very old gpu with a 970 only to find it is a bastard card. It also helps with the timeline and library playback. I will give it a go and hopefully someone with more expierience will verify. Yes and no and I am confused as you are at times. Is there some settings to change, wait for PD15 or just jump into magic+pd? Even my laptop with a 4th gen core i7 with no graphics card at all hit 100% while editing 1080. The thing is, it nevers gets bogged down.
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It has a core i5-2400, gtx 650ti with 4 gb ram, windows 10 home. My system is older but I thought it would have a fighting chance at video editing. Should I just wait for PD15 to come out and hope it fixes some of the issues with the gpu? Does powerdirector even use the gpu like it should? I get conflicting answers when I look it up on the forums here. I have seen the magic+pd solution, but really don't want to add another step. I have tried this work around and it didn't help one bit. Is this normal? I would think that 2.7k footage would use the same relative percentage of cpu/gpu as 1080, just higher. 1080 footage uses 20% cpu and 20% gpu while the 2.7 footage uses 50% cpu and 5% gpu. The weird part is when I use the cam app to monitor my system while editing, 1080 footage works with the gpu, the 2.7k footage does not. My current settings are shadow files off, real time preview with high resolution. I also built a new to me desktop with a dedicated gpu thinking this would help me as my laptop didn't have a gpu. I have been using PD14 for a while now for 1080 files but recently purchaed a drone that I film in 2.7k.