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Good to know, thanks. Performance seems to be much improved with live filters.

Just wanted to report that I just installed V2.1.0.1799 and saw a very large improvement in benchmark results with my AMD Radeon RX5700. Thank you to Affinity Developers!!

Disappointing CPU Ryzen 7 3700x GPU AMD Radeon RX 5700 36 TB M.2 SSD

Continues to be an issue with me as well. Disappointing this was not resolved with this major update. AMD Ryzen 7 3700X AMD Radeon RX 5700 32 GM RAM RAM 1 TB M.2 SSD

Thanks Mark.

Not available in the Windows Beta yet.

@Mark Ingram Thanks for responding. Happy Easter!

@walt.farrell I was hoping there might be some progress to report, other than waiting on AMD, particularly since GPU acceleration seems to be fine for my card in other graphics programs. Might Serif be working the issue from their end as well? Just a thought. Mind you, this has very little affect on my use of AP. I just get hopeful when I see a new release. Kind Regards.

Version 1.9.2 did not correct this issue. Would it be possible to get an update on the progress toward resolution? Thanks.

@Subclavius, I was trying to stay optimistic. But you wonder if AMD even knows Affinity Photo exists.

Ok. I see the note in the Release Disabled hardware acceleration for AMD Radeon RX 5000 series and later cards (awaiting response to bug filed with AMD) I hope the contact with AMD is fruitful. Please keep us updated on progress.

Now with the 1.9.1 update I get the following message indicating my configuration is not compatible with hardware acceleration. Is this because I have Windows 10 Pro and not Windows 10. If so, will this be addressed. Thanks.

@Mark Ingram, I certainly agree it would be great to be able to utilize my GPU. The issues occur regardless of what type of what file or what type of file is being loaded. The load time is at least an order of magnitude slower when OpenCL is activated. Attached is an example file. One is a tif and one is an raw NEF. Here is a description of the behavior I see. Start AP, attempt to load a raw file for the first time. Loading of the raw file happens in stages. The first stage takes about 20 seconds. At the end of 20 sec. I see a rather grey representation of the final raw image. After 30 additional seconds (50 seconds total) I see a proper representation of the raw image. After the raw image is loaded and while in the develop persona, if I attempt to use any slider, e.g., exposure, the firs time, it does not move. But upon a second click and drag, it will move properly. This happens with each slider. Sometimes clicking between different tabs in the develop persona, causes the system to freeze. Sometimes closing the undeveloped file causes the system to freeze. In the same session as above, (without having closed down AP) if I load the same NEF file, it will only take 2-3 seconds to load fully and the sliders seem to respond properly. The first time I attempt to load any tif file (as the one attached), it will take 10 seconds to fully load. Again, when attempting any adjustments for the first time, the slider movement is delayed by a second or two. After that, they seem to "loosen up." During the same AP session, after loading one raw and one tif file, loading of any subsequent raw or tiff seems to be normal (about 3 seconds for a raw file and 1 second for a tif). If however, I close down AP and open it up fresh, the same slow behavior occurs the first time files are loaded. Of course, if I turn off OpenCL, all files seem to load quickly (about 3 seconds for a raw file and 1 second for a tif). Hope this is helpful in tracking down this issue. Thank you again for your attention to this. Let me know what else I can try to assist. Have a great day. _7105251.NEF _7105251.tif

Also, interestingly, like @Subclavius,I am also running a Ryzen 3700X CPU.

@Mark Ingram 2 Benchmark screen shots are attached. The first is with OpenCL ticked and the second is with it unticked. Thank you for your attention to this issue. Regards.