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robw38316308
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March 27, 2025

After Effects Lagging when moving objects around

  • March 27, 2025
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I open up After Effects like normal and can animate etc also rendering fine.

Its frustrating when i move shapes around the screen it lags alot.

Is this to do with the AMD 9070 not optimised for it yet?

 

I change the GPU Sniffer to GPU Sniffer 123 and it works like butter.

 

Pc specs:

Amd Ryzen 5 7600x

32gb Ram 6000mhz

m.2 7000mbs

Amd 9070

850w power

 

Is there another solution this weird laggy bug without changing the GPU Sniffer name?

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    stardustllama
    Participating Frequently
    September 16, 2025

    Hi!

     

    Getting the same error. Tried everything, nothing worked. Currently using AE 2024, because none of the versions from 2025 works (I tried even the Beta). I also tried the renaming the GPUSniffler.exe, and it also didn't work.


    My configs: 

    CPU: Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core

    GPU: Nvidia GeForce 1060 3GB 

    RAM: 48 gb

    GPUSniffer: 

    GPUSniffer testing 830
    Initializing GPU Tech:
    Try CUDA: 1
    Try OpenCL: 1
    Try Metal: 0
    Try Vulkan: 0
    Try DirectX: 1
    KernelLoadAction: 0
    UseOpenGLContext: 0000000000000000
    UseDeviceContext: 0000000000000000
    UseD3D11Context: 0000000000000000
    CUDA system device count: 1
    Found CUDA device index: 0 Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
    No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
    OpenCL system device count: 2
    Found OpenCL device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB supportsSSG: 0
    Skipping nVidia OpenCL device
    Found OpenCL device Name: gfx1036 supportsSSG: 0
    No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
    Found DirectX adapter Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB - 4318:7170, Dedicated Memory: 3109027840
    Device does not support 16-bit ops. Skipping...
    Found DirectX adapter Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics - 4098:5710, Dedicated Memory: 498876416
    Device created and added at index: 0
    Finished gpu initialization in 0 ms

    --- GPU Computation Info ---
    Found 3 devices supporting GPU computation.
    CUDA Device 0
    Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
    Vendor: NVIDIA
    Integrated: 0
    Capability: 6.1
    Driver: 13
    Total Video Memory: 3071MB
    OpenCL Device 0
    Name: gfx1036
    Vendor: AMD
    Integrated: 1
    Capability: 2.1
    Driver: 2
    Total Video Memory: 18615MB
    DirectX Device 0
    Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
    Vendor: AMD
    Integrated: 0
    Capability: 6.05
    Driver: 12.01
    Total Video Memory: 20517MB
    --- DirectX Graphics Info ---
    Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
    Vendor: NVIDIA
    Dedicated Device Memory: 2965 MB
    Dedicated System Memory: 0 MB
    Shared System Memory: 24138 MB
    Max Feature Level: 12.01
    Max Shader Model: 6.05
    Resource Binding Tier: 3
    Resource Heap Tier: 1
    Tiled Resource Tier: 3
    Tearing Supported: YES
    D3D11 Interop Supported: YES

    Attached Monitors:
    Monitor 0 properties:
    Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
    Desktop Coordinates: (0, 0, 1920, 1080)
    BitsPerColor: 8
    Max Luminance: 270 nits
    Min Luminance: 0.5 nits
    Max FullFrame Luminance: 270 nits
    Advanced Color Capabilities: OFF
    Finished DirectX Display test in 175.713 ms

    --- OpenGL Info ---
    OpenGL Test skipped: directx graphics tests already passed.

    GPUSniffer process exiting after 4350.75 ms
    GPUSniffer result: 817(0x331)
    InitMS: 433.556, SniffMS: 4351.6

    Please, someone help me with this. Thank you!

    JohnColombo17100380
    Community Manager
    JohnColombo17100380Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 19, 2025

    Hi all,

    The fix for the interaction lag with AMD GPUs has now been released with After Effects 25.3. Please update to that version and let us know if you continue to encounter this issue.

     

    Please see this link for a full list is issues fixed in 25.3: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/kb/fixed-issues.html 

     

    Thanks again for your reports and feedback, as they were critical to getting this fixed.

     

    Cheers,

    - John, After Effects Engineering Team 

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      Ahmet26047475ozev
      Inspiring
      May 15, 2025

      I updated AE and set the renderer back to CUDA and the issue seems to be fixed now. Thanks

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        Adobe Employee
        Puneet98A7
        Adobe Employee
        May 12, 2025

        The bug did not impact NVIDIA workflows and would come into play only if OpenCL was being used as the renderer.

        To check which renderer is being used by your project, go to File->Project Settings.

        For NVIDIA cards, we use Mercury GPU Acceleration (CUDA) should be used.

         

        If CUDA is already selected (even if it is greyed out), you might be encountering a different bug which we can explore

        If CUDA is not selected but is available in the drop down menu, try switching to it and see if the problem goes away.

        Lastly, if CUDA is not even being presented with OpenCL or Software is being shown, indicates your NVIDIA card is being rejected, which will require further investigation as well

         

        Looking to hear back from you

         

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        Ahmet26047475ozev
        Inspiring
        May 12, 2025

        Hello John @JohnColombo17100380 does the beta version also fix the problem for Nvidia users? I have nvidia gpu but I also have lagging and i have to use gpusniffer rename trick to make the program run smoothly.

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        hackerziin_0342
        Participant
        May 9, 2025

        do you tried the after effects beta version? TRUST ME it will WORK!

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          Adobe Employee
          Puneet98A7
          Adobe Employee
          May 8, 2025

          @MannieX GPUSniffer enables GPU acceleration in After Effects. The bug was in the GPU path when drawing the overlays.

          Disabling GPUSniffer (by renaming it) disabled GPU acceleration from the app completely bypassing the bug leading to smoother overlays but terrible overall performance.

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            kubajj
            Participant
            May 8, 2025

            Hi so i saw one post about this issue and its not fixed yet, ae its absolutely unusable for me when the preview is so laggy and no its not my pc, yes i tried safe mode and yes problem still occurs, yes i have latest drivers, no its not occuring on older versions of ae such as ae 2020 - 2024 its only 2025 problem and i feel like its only on amd cards because my friends are using  nvidia card and they dont have that problem. Adobe please fix it 

             

            Pc that im using:

            CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
            GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700XT
            RAM: 32GB 3200MHz
            Storage: 1TB m.1 NVME SSD

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              Community Manager
              jenkmeister17177426Community Manager
              Jenkmeister
              May 8, 2025

              There is an issue in 25.2.2 with AMD cards that will be fixed in 25.3 when that releases. You can validate that by installing the current AE Beta which you can download via Creative Cloud Desktop. 

              robw38316308
              robw38316308Author
              Participant
              May 3, 2025

              I've installed the beta version of After Effects and the fix has worked! Not lagging anymore. I look forward for this fix to be implemented into the main app. Thankyou.

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              hackerziin_0342
              Participant
              April 26, 2025

              Go to Program Files > Adobe > (YOUR Adobe After Effects version) > Support Files. Find the file GPUSniffer.exe and rename it to GPUSniffer123.exe. TRUST ME IT WILL WORK, THAT WAS A LIFESAVER FOR ME!

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              Chris5C41
              Participant
              April 27, 2025

              I've been searching for solutions all day and this is the only thing that's worked, thank you.

               

              S
              Community Manager
              S1BerCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              April 30, 2025

              Hi folks, we think we have a fix for this issue. Grab the latest beta build of After Effect (25.3.0.069) and let us know if you're still seeing the problem. 

               

                - Simon

              After Effects Engineering

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              Grooooooove
              Participant
              April 18, 2025

              My solution for now is deleting the AE 2025 and installing AE 2024. The GPU cannot be found without the GPUsniffer anyway. AE 2024 works flawlessly. 

              nishu_kush
              Community Manager
              nishu_kushCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              May 1, 2025

              A fix for this has been rolled out in the latest beta version of After Effects. Feel free to give it a try and let us know.

              Here's how you can install the beta version: https://adobe.ly/43k1Ph9


              Thanks,
              Nishu

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