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JBrown321
JBrown321
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October 8, 2023
Question

GPU Acceleration Constantly Turns Off

  • October 8, 2023
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GPU acceleration (rocket ship icon) frequently disables and I'm finding myself turning it back on over and over again. I'm not sure why, but this has been happening for a good year or so with each AE release still showing up. I'm using an RTX-3080 ti with studio drivers that always remains up to date with Windows 11. I always choose cuda as the option and when it's on, runs smoothly. I'll be working on a project and randomly glace over at my roket ship and notice it's in the grey and has tripped like a breaker. I feel this is a bug, but if there are any other potential reasons, please let me know. Thanks!

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Ishan Y
Community Manager
Ishan YCommunity Manager
Community Manager
October 10, 2023

Hey JBrown321,

I'm sorry to hear about this. For clarification, does the Renderer switch to Mercury Software Only, and you have to switch it back to Mercury GPU Acceleration? Please also let us know which After Effects version you're currently using. I have moved this thread to the Discussions section to collect more information. 

 

Thanks,

Ishan

JBrown321
JBrown321Author
Known Participant
October 11, 2023

I'm on  23.6.0. Yep,  and it has been happening for a good year throughout versions prior. 

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    digitalhyperstudios
    Participant
    October 22, 2025

    2025 and this is still happening.  I have a 4080 and this same thing happens mid project.

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