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    SXPS 1645 Hardware Video Encoding, Working on one laptop but not the other

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bilalg86, Feb 28, 2013.

  1. bilalg86

    bilalg86 Newbie

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    Hi, I have 2 SXPS 1645 laptops both with almost the same specs.

    Laptop #1
    Core i7-720QM
    Radeon HD 4670
    6Gb RAM
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
    PowerDirector 10

    Laptop #2
    Core i7-720QM
    Radeon HD 4670
    8Gb RAM
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    PowerDirector 10 and 11

    The problem i am facing is that on my 1st laptop i have powerdirector 10 installed and when i produce videos on it, Powerdirector allows me to use the GPU for video rendering. But on the 2nd laptop it doesnt allow me to use GPU rendering.

    I DO NOT have the latest drivers installed on the 1st laptop (GPU rendering works)
    On the 2nd laptop I have the latest drivers installed and GPU rendering doesnt work. I have tried both Power director 10 and 11 on the 2nd laptop.

    The error message that pops up in Powerdirector tells me to install the latest version of the GPU Driver.

    Thanks
     
    bilalg86, Feb 28, 2013
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  2. DuranXL

    DuranXL Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, go ahead and install the latest drivers on #1.........
     
    DuranXL, Mar 1, 2013
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  3. bilalg86

    bilalg86 Newbie

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    Thanks for your reply.the thing is on #1 GPU accelerated video encoding works fine and i dont want to mess it up. Its #2 that gives an error when i select GPU accelerated video encoding and it already has the latest drivers.
     
    bilalg86, Mar 1, 2013
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Why don't you just clone the working install to the other machine. The systems are similar enough such that at best it'll just work, and at worst you'll know if it's a hardware or software issue.
     
    Commander Wolf, Mar 3, 2013
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  5. DuranXL

    DuranXL Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh sorry. What I meant was install the same driver son #2 as on #1
     
    DuranXL, Mar 4, 2013
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