@TorSverre-Engen

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Did you compare the program settings in 2021 are the same as those in 2019?

We also need more information - your computer specification and the version number of MEP 2021 - see this topic for the information required.

John EB
Forum Moderator

Hi John
As far as I can see the settings are the same. The PC runs WIN10 pro 64, CPU is i7 6700, 32gb ram. Screen card is a GeForce GTX650 Ti Boost. I use the PC mainly for recording and mixing musix with Cubase. Works like a champ.
The version of 2021 Premium is 20.0.1.65.

I also tried to import files that I have worked with effortless in the old version, but the same happen.

@TorSverre-Engen @johnebaker

Hi Tor.

One of the other threads seems to have come up with a working solution of disabling Hardware acceleration for playback where possible in the project setup. That idea came from Magix apparently.

Personally I think that may be overkill. You could try not having the nvidia card in the mix to begin with here and see if that works first. That, if it works would still leave you with a working Intel GPU.

I've been looking at your graphics card specs and of the others complaining of the same thing. They have the same thing in common in as much as they can't handle all of the newer requirements for pixel shading. I'm not sure that is the problem but could be a possible cause. I think it's mad that a card that is not that old can already be out of date for some applications because nvidia closed off some of the cards architecture (that it has on the chip) so as not to compete with other more expensive cards using the same chipset. In fact some of the cheaper cards that had not been crippled in the same way in theory should still work.

Absolute madness.

Ray.

@CubeAce @TorSverre-Engen @johnebaker

So...I swapped the graphics card for a AMD Radeon R9 and everything seems to work. Ain't it funny?

Maybe not.......the 650TI Boost has a fairly low shader count - likely less than the R9 (you did not say which model R9?).

The shaders are the compute units that MEP uses for computing the Direct X acceleration on the GPU and the 650Ti only supports DX11 feature level so that might have an influence.

I've been looking at your graphics card specs and of the others complaining of the same thing. They have the same thing in common in as much as they can't handle all of the newer requirements for pixel shading.

Ray - where did you see that information?

Also - Magix drops these little footnotes around like:-

Edit and present films in 8K Ultra HD. The new, one-of-a-kind INFUSION Engine 2 allows you to play your new high-resolution video material in realtime.** This means you can view your footage during the editing process – no waiting around. ** Dependent on the graphics card used. For more information, contact the card manufacturer.
Like - it would help to know what information you should ask them for .......and would they have any idea what their card would perform like in Magix programs??

Peter

 

@Scenestealer

Hi Peter.

Where people gave their graphics card information, I tried to search for the cards' spec's but most were missing from the manufacturers sites (not in production) so I found a site that had a graphics card comparison database to look at each one and their comments on each one. If you are interested in the site I used its here.

Most of the cards mentioned seemed to be able to work up to Direct X12 but with notes they had limited functionality due to compromised pixel count shader architecture (deliberately crippled by nvidia) as they used chips available at the time that were found in more expensive cards. I know this type of practice in the electronics industry goes on a lot because once a chip is in use you want to cut its cost by volume but don't want to compromise your better card prices by putting out an equal performing card at a cheaper price. Cameras and their use of sensors are a good example of this type of practice.

Ray.