After Effect 2026 playback lagging heavily despite decent PC

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Current Spec: 64GB DDR4, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, set my disk cache at 115GB on 3400MB/s read speed, about 5000MB/s write speed, set ram reserved for other app to 6GB, paid application, enable multiframe rendering
Something likes this took me like 1 min to play back, its literally just basic 3d rotation and positioning keyframe, no crazy plugin or effect
Tried switching the codec for the video on another comp but it doesnt help much
I can add some other settings/info if needed

jefubbudu · Answer

Yeah that's normal. AE doesn't like mp4, but beyond that it doesn't really use GPU, and a 20-45 minute render is common on heavier comps.

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