

Without a functioning GPU, the paid, Studio version of DaVinci Resolve loses some of its best features, making it a significant issue for users.

When it comes to GPU drivers, AMD’s Radeon Adrenalin drivers are notoriously unreliable. Because of the GPU drivers, some AMD GPUs weren’t being used by the software, which makes the software hard to work with. GPU drivers are software for graphics cards that control how it interacts with other components and software on the computer. Also, in an earlier post about DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta being slow and not using certain AMD GPUs, Chamberlain said the issue was “GPU driver related.” In a thread about playback issues with AMD’s RX 6800 GPU in DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta, Peter Chamberlain-a DaVinci Resolve Product Manager at Blackmagic Design-wrote, “We are looking into this with AMD,” in response to a user.

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 Beta was unusable for me and others with AMD GPUs. Plus, playback was choppy, frequently dropping frames or stopping abruptly. Even switching between different pages could take minutes, which would cause the timeline to slowly load again. Opening the software took much longer than usual, and it could take five or ten minutes to load the timeline once the software finally opened. Image via Jack Skeens.Īfter trying DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 Beta in January-Blackmagic Design provided a code for the Studio version of the software-I immediately noticed the software felt sluggish. On the Blackmagic Forum, owners of this GPU were experiencing issues with DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta. “Ultimately, the engineers resolved the issues to improve the experience for customers.” The Radeon RX 6800 XT is part of AMD’s latest line of high-end GPUs. So, it’s not accurate to point just to one source of the issue,” wrote Blackmagic Design (over email) in response to AMD GPU compatibility issues with DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta. “We discovered this specific issue was for AMD and Intel GPUs on Windows, and for a number of reasons, it presented itself more on some generations of GPUs with specific GPU drivers. For DaVinci Resolve 17 users with AMD GPUs, however, the software was unresponsive, extremely sluggish to open, and, ultimately, a hassle to use. While it was in beta until recently, the Blackmagic Design team tweaked the software across several major updates. While GPUs were affected in beta, Blackmagic Design says the driver issues are fixed in the official release.Īfter several months in beta, DaVinci Resolve 17 is finally out, adding many new features and fixing a significant issue for users with certain AMD and Intel graphics cards (GPU).ĭebuting in public beta back in November, DaVinci Resolve 17 included over 100 new features and twice as many improvements.
