After Effects Lagging when moving objects around

I'm using 9070tx and having the same issue, solved by renaming it to skip it. 

Which means my AE 2025 cannot recognize the GPU. 

Please fix it asap.......... It's really frustrating. I spent 2 days figuring out what causes the lag. 

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
No CUDA devices Found
OpenCL system device count: 2
Found OpenCL device Name: gfx1201 supportsSSG: 0
No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
Found OpenCL device Name: gfx1036 supportsSSG: 0
No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
Found DirectX adapter Name: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - 4098:30032, Dedicated Memory: 16473833472
Device created and added at index: 0
Found DirectX adapter Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics - 4098:5056, Dedicated Memory: 482099200
Device created and added at index: 1
Finished RED initialization in 30.3993 ms
Finished gpu initialization in 0 ms

--- GPU Computation Info ---
Found 4 devices supporting GPU computation.
OpenCL Device 0
Name: gfx1201
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 2.1
Driver: 2
Total Video Memory: 16304MB
OpenCL Device 1
Name: gfx1036
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 1
Capability: 2.1
Driver: 2
Total Video Memory: 12459MB
DirectX Device 0
Name: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 6.05
Driver: 12.01
Total Video Memory: 15710MB
DirectX Device 1
Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 6.05
Driver: 12.01
Total Video Memory: 13540MB
--- DirectX Graphics Info ---
Renderer: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Vendor: AMD
Dedicated Device Memory: 15710 MB
Dedicated System Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 15929 MB
Max Feature Level: 12.01
Max Shader Model: 6.05
Resource Binding Tier: 3
Resource Heap Tier: 2
Tiled Resource Tier: 3
Tearing Supported: YES
D3D11 Interop Supported: YES

Attached Monitors:
Monitor 0 properties:
Name: \\.\DISPLAY2
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
Monitor 1 properties:
Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Desktop Coordinates: (1920, 4, 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 155.048 ms

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

GPUSniffer process exiting after 2424.89 ms
GPUSniffer result: 801(0x321)
InitMS: 454.503, SniffMS: 2429.54, TearDownMS: 213.341

Thanks very much @robw38316308, that is extremely helpful. We now have a ticket open to investigate what might be causing the laggy state in conjunction with GPUSniffer.

Thanks again,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Hello, thanks for your response. Here is the feedback from the cmd - 

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
No CUDA devices Found
OpenCL system device count: 2
Found OpenCL device Name: gfx1201 supportsSSG: 0
No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
Found OpenCL device Name: gfx1036 supportsSSG: 0
No capability restrictions detected - adding device to list
Found DirectX adapter Name: AMD Radeon RX 9070 - 4098:30032, Dedicated Memory: 16513785856
Device created and added at index: 0
Found DirectX adapter Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics - 4098:5710, Dedicated Memory: 482119680
Device created and added at index: 1
Finished RED initialization in 29.7 ms
Finished gpu initialization in 0 ms

--- GPU Computation Info ---
Found 4 devices supporting GPU computation.
OpenCL Device 0
Name: gfx1201
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 2.1
Driver: 2
Total Video Memory: 16304MB
OpenCL Device 1
Name: gfx1036
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 1
Capability: 2.1
Driver: 2
Total Video Memory: 12455MB
DirectX Device 0
Name: AMD Radeon RX 9070
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 6.05
Driver: 12.01
Total Video Memory: 15748MB
DirectX Device 1
Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Vendor: AMD
Integrated: 0
Capability: 6.05
Driver: 12.01
Total Video Memory: 13536MB
--- DirectX Graphics Info ---
Renderer: AMD Radeon RX 9070
Vendor: AMD
Dedicated Device Memory: 15748 MB
Dedicated System Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 15924 MB
Max Feature Level: 12.01
Max Shader Model: 6.05
Resource Binding Tier: 3
Resource Heap Tier: 2
Tiled Resource Tier: 3
Tearing Supported: YES
D3D11 Interop Supported: YES

Attached Monitors:
Monitor 0 properties:
Name: \\.\DISPLAY1
Desktop Coordinates: (0, 0, 3840, 2160)
BitsPerColor: 10
Max Luminance: 270 nits
Min Luminance: 0.5 nits
Max FullFrame Luminance: 270 nits
Advanced Color Capabilities: OFF
Monitor 1 properties:
Name: \\.\DISPLAY2
Desktop Coordinates: (5760, 0, 3840, 2160)
BitsPerColor: 8
Max Luminance: 270 nits
Min Luminance: 0.5 nits
Max FullFrame Luminance: 270 nits
Advanced Color Capabilities: OFF
Monitor 2 properties:
Name: \\.\DISPLAY3
Desktop Coordinates: (4381, 3240, 2880, 1620)
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 55.9111 ms

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

GPUSniffer process exiting after 1519.84 ms
GPUSniffer result: 801(0x321)
InitMS: 262.898, SniffMS: 1522.98, TearDownMS: 144.045

Hi @robw38316308,

Thank you for reporting this issue. It sounds like the GPUSniffer is reporting unexpected or incorrect values, which impacts how After Effects can utilize the GPU.

If possible, could you share the output of the GPUSniffer.exe when you run it directly using the Command Prompt?

Follow these steps to see the output of GPUSniffer:

1. Open "C:\Program Files\Adobe\After Effects 2025\Support Files" in Explorer
2. Type "cmd" (without quotes) in the address bar and press Enter to open the Command Prompt to the Support Files folder.
3. Type "GPUSniffer.exe" and press Enter. (If you've renamed GPUSniffer, type the new name).

This should print out detailed GPU specs for your system, which would be hugely helpful in our investigation into why you're currently needing to rename the GPUSniffer to get smooth performance.

Thank you again for reporting this issue and for any further information,

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

Okay so I recently "upgraded" my gpu from a nvidia 2080ti to an amd 7600xt.  I have been experience intense lag just creating/moving around shapes, using the pen tool, simple things with just one layer in use.  It's a bit ridiculous.  In the last couple of days, I've ran through the internet trying all the basics of fixes from AE preferences to settings.  Nothing worked.  All my drivers and etc are updated.  I have plenty of RAM.  A dedicated drive for my cache(and all purged).  Even uninstalled all my amd driver software programs(Adrenaline n AMD pro software) cuz I saw somewhere that it could be the cause.  But nope....nothing...Not until I came accross a thread on Reddit that said something about renaming a support file in the AdobeAfterEfx called gpusniffer.exe by just adding 123.  And boom no more lag.  This is so great but truly infuriating.  What is actually going on?  What changes by just renaming this exe.  It doesn't make sense to me.  And after a bit of experimenting renaming the file and un-renaming it;  It seems as If my gpu is actually doing it job cuz it shows in the task bar.  

Does anyone know how this works in my situation.