Graphics Ram usage for LPX?

Yes, it is normal. Logic X uses OpenGL rendering, rather than the standard 2D Cocoa/AGL/Quartz APIs that Logic 9 did. When running an OpenGL program (like a videogame), OpenGL will reserve all free graphics memory for its address space and release some whenever another API needs it (which is almost never).

Nearly all 3D and graphics intensive programs on Mac use OpenGL and all can access the same memory space, so there is no harm done by this.

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I'm also thinking that the change to OpenCL in LPX, may account for certain people having issues/crashes as their (older) Graphic Cards and it's drivers... may not be fully OpenCL compliant (or a little buggy in it's implementation....) but I haven't confirmed this yet....

Any thoughts?

OpenCL only really utilizes the GPU to do GPGPU processing. It has no graphics functionality. Logic doesn't implement that in it's native plugins or core application at all, just provides the framework for plugins to use the GPU to accelerate themselves natively (as well as other forms of DSP).

Until plugin manufacturers come out with OpenCL versions of thier plugins (the same way that Adobe started having plugins with CUDA versions).

Ah.. okay.. I haven't delved much into how OpenCL is implemented so i appreciate the extra info...

Cheers..

HI

i am loosing my **** too over LPX graphics lag. I experience it with the mixer mostly. When i scroll in the mixer back and forth it takes a little bit to move and then it is very jumpy and not smooth like it was in logic 9. Also i noticed today that when i zoom in tight on the arrangment page, the computer seems to jamup. I get audio glitches and the graphic scrolling moves slower.

I Have a dual quad core 2.8 ghz 2008 model with 20 gigs of ram, ssd drive, os 10 newest update

i Have a nvidea gtx285 with 1gb of ram. It says in my system preferences that it is using cuda.

is this card the problem or cuda? Do i need to change something for my graphics card to work better?

also i use a logitech wireless bluetooth mouse. When i scroll in the mixer back and forth, the lag is so much worse then if i grab the rubber band scroller on the bottom

Please help

thanks a lot 🙂

I personally haven't tested any different models of Pro's graphics cards, so I wouldn't make any swift judgements, but the track record as it stands is that OS X driver related failings tend to come from the ATi side of the fence, so maybe switching to Nvidia will help, but the Quadro is really overkill for the task. Go for a GeForce, because the only cards that should chug at all are the PowerMac 7300GTs that some people use.

This is probably more a sloppy implementation than a lack of processing power. Modern graphic cards are designed for 3D so it's virtually impossible to stress them when doing far easier 2D. I have a freezing GUI issue right now as it stands (where the GUI freezes in place and the program still responds to all logic input (including moving notes, playhead adding tracks etc) but only refreshes on certain types of clicks and stays frozen otherwise) so I think they need to iron out the bugs in thier new GUI code.

Wait till 10.1.0 and use LP9. LPX isn't quite that mature yet imho.