Recent content by Objektor

CRASHED ! No not really. Just feels like Im in a trainwreck. FYI I ran that .bat file, went through the command prompts, then threw the identical tests at it. Not one iota of difference, the CPU is still doing all the work. And yes I rebooted several times. A lesson learned here, at least...

Do you mean issues for me specifically ? If so, Ive only been running the new PC since October, and only been trying to set up GPU utilization since yesterday. I'm not sure I'm chasing performance as such - the heavy workloads I throw at the computer are always going to be brutal. I just want...

Do you still stand by the suggestion above, based on those findings ? I'm happy to sleep on it and give it a go tomorrow, but I'll need to sort out my will, contact the cat orphanage and redirect my mail, in case something goes horribly wrong. Just kidding ! What's the worst that can happen...

Thanks Bob. I don't do things randomly. Truth is I CAN'T do things randomly (this ol' brain of mine has performance issues). And I'm 100% not being rude to you, or dismissive - but in public forums there's so much 'hey just try this', which doesn't wash with me. Are you able to explain how I...

While I did spend about 100 hours researching and building my computer, I'm more of a 'front end' power user. Everything you have suggested is completely foreign to me, so I'm going to have to spend a few weeks trying to decipher and learn about what you're recommending. It's not that I'm...

So why wouldn't I be seeing this working as expected in Adobe's products ?

It's 3200, left at the factory default. I've never observed the RAM coming anywhere close to 100% utilization. Is there a compelling reason I should ramp it up ?

Oh heck! I just found the following article, on this very website, from one month ago AMD finally adds hardware accelerated GPU scheduling support to some of its GPUs About halfway down the page, it reads: " With the new driver update, hardware accelerated GPU scheduling only works on AMD's...

Thank you @COLGeek & @LinuxDevice It's quite possible that Helicon haven't released a compatible version yet, as the GPU is less than a year old. They are also a small, boutique developer catering to a tiny niche in the overall photography scene. And.. they are Ukraine-based, so they may have...

Thanks Terry, that's a good little tool. Looks like OpenCL is installed, going by the tickbox at the bottom left. No version # though. I guess I will get in touch with the software developer. As as small outfit, I don;t think they update versions too often though. And I'll be pretty upset if I...

Happy New Year everyone ! I recently built a PC primarily as a reasonably high performance creative rig. I compose music and also photography. My photography throws a lot of work to the computer, as I'm rendering & merging hundreds of RAW files at a time into a single file (focus-stacking, if...

Thanks so much. I recognize your handle from some of my other posts, and you're always very helpful. The 13-port product is far too large for the space I need to fit this into, and quite unnecessary as I don't need extra ports, just switched data/power throughput. And the small 4-port hub...

Hi everyone, I have an external audio interface (USB 2) that does not reconnect properly after a PC reboot. This is a known issue with the device, which las long ago been discontinued and unsupported. The solution is to unplug the device and plug it back in, and it then operates fine while...

@bill001g Thanks Bill. This is a new topic for me to learn about, so I'll do some research over the weekend. You're right about the cheap dongle. I don't expect much from such product, and probably only paid $10 for it. Not the slightest but disappointed that it's finally failed. I'll also...

@Mr.Tibbs @Ralston18 @bill001g After a lot of troubleshooting based on earlier suggestions (thanks everyone), re-installing AMD and Realtek drivers, and examining the device manager (including hidden items), I was still unable to recognize the dongle. So.... I went back to the computer it's...