[Lee Ray]

Update:

Finally got a response from Sony Tech Support tonight but his reply was unbelievable.

In a nutshell, I was told: “My video does not contain enough effects or graphics to require the GPU to be utilized.” He said I needed to add more effects and increase the bit-rate of the final clip before I would see a difference. What?? There’s a friggin’ switch that says “USE GPU”…but they forgot to add “if it feels like being used”.

The whole purpose of buying a newer, high-end video card was to reduce the rendering time. I now have a video card that takes 3X longer than my old one. Sony doesn’t seem to have a problem with this.

It has been an awful past 3 weeks for me and this pushed me over the edge tonight. I’m tossing up my hands, going with Norm’s comment that “ATI Radeon HD 7xxx series cards don’t work with Vegas”, and returning the card tomorrow. I’ll live with my HD 6950 until I can find a card out there that will work EVERY time I render…and hopefully at 70-90 frames per second.

Is someone out there using an ATI Radeon HD 7xxx card that works every time? Please let me know. Other card recommendations? $200-$250 budget.

[Lee Ray]

Norm,

After all these months, did Sony ever get back to you on your 7950 issue?

For the past 3 weeks, I’ve had a ticket open with Sony on my 7870. My older card, an XFX Radeon HD 6950, worked fine utilizing the GPU under Main Concept. I picked up the 7870 because I wanted to improve my render times and the price was right. Now I’m having the same problem as every other 7xxx owner – NO accelerated GPU rendering times. It takes over 3 minutes to render a 1 minute video. The 6950 was doing it in 40 seconds.

I’ll probably go back to the 6950 unless SOMEONE out there has come up with a solution to get the 7xxx card to work. Anyone?