if you set both instances to “vram max use: low”
i remember that worked well on my 3070 8gb too
yes, i also noticed that during a 2h rendering, the RTX suddenly cools down, the fans become quit,
but the rendering is still running and the the gpu again starts to heat up and fans spin up to the max again … roller coaster describes it very well
Based on those numbers, I’d keep the 2080.
I can’t post my own topic for some reason but I wanted to post to say that I switched my video card from an AMD Vega 64 to an Nvidia RTX 3080 today and ever since, the AI engines will not initialize. It doesn’t matter what combination of settings I use. It doesn’t matter if I uninstall and reinstall, nothing fixes it and I’m definitely not going to reinstall Windows itself just to try to fix this.
It would be nice if I could get some more info on what’s going on here or better yet a fix in the next version.
Chances are good that there is something messed up in your Windows and you’ll have to solve this yourself, possibly by reinstalling the OS. I built a dedicated PC just for VEAI and glad I did, since I’ve had to switch from Win7 to 10 just to use the new Artemis v9 (the older 1.6.1 ran on Win7).
Get in the habit of making a boot drive image (using Arconis True Image, etc.) before doing anything major, like adding a video card. If you had done this, you could just restore the drive image made before you had an addon GPU, and wouldn’t have to reinstall the OS. I’ve done this practice since the first version of Ghost and rarely have had to start from scratch on an OS install.
When i have such issues, i try to use a fresh user account on the windows pc.
make a new user with admin privileges, use that login and try again to start the app.
If you had to switch from win7 to win10 “now” then that computer was for sure
pretty old and not really adequate for video rendering anymore …
Its almost 2021 and i am running win10 for almost 6 years, now …
Devs : Could you make all versions of models avaiable for download ?
And maybe label them as v4.0, 4.1, 4.2 aso ?
For example artremis v9.0 and artremis v9.1 ( the beta and the released one )
Thanks so much everyone for the help. I did the task manager trick with the GPU and the performance was being shown under the different settings. Also I swapped to GPU-Z for a better reading on things.
For some reason i swore i had reduce GPU load unchecked but it was checked. So I unchecked that and also went into Nvidia control panel and changed the power mode of my GPU to maximum performance. Now when I’m doing a video of 960x540 → 1920x1080 I’m at a stable 0.13 sec/frame.
Thanks again everyone for all the help, really really appreciate it
That would be appreciated
Artemis v9 is crushing details on all versions. I can understand why that is on v9 HQ but the others, MQ,LQ, are simply coating the image in the waxy layer from GaiaCG and that’s not what they were supposed to be for, IMO. LQ may work for very poor sources where the detail was lost anyway and the smoothed over soft look is better than nothing, but Artemis has been rendered useless as a detail enhancing/improving model now. What is the point of doing this with Artemis when Theia does this exact job and can be adjusted. Artemis is now GaiaCG and it didn’t need to be. I’ve done many tests with various resolutions and sources and Artemis v9 is a pointless addition.
Christmas wish list = DEINTELACER!!
I’m having several problems with compression methods. JPG quality is awful as i posted yesterday, but mp4 at 20 CRF is full of low quality artifacts too. At 10 is almost fine, but the wheigt of the result is much higher than ever. I never had this problems with other versions.
The machine is from 2017 running a GTX1080Ti and 3.6GHz quad Xeon with 32GB ECC RAM. Hardly slow or obsolete. The parts were actually sitting on a shelf here unused until 2020 when I put it together in 2020 for VEAI. I used Windows 7 because it is compatible with 1.6.1 and far more stable than Windows 10 and doesn’t spy on you if you uninstall the telemetry “updates”. I could care less about “unsupported by Microsoft”. For maximum stability I always immediately disable Windows Updates after install. I do the same on Linux. Linux is just as bad regarding updates killing a box. My main box runs XP because I like it. I use the best tools for the job for me, not just what’s pushed by a corporation with unknown motives.
Why not reinstall your OS? I can only guess you made the error of putting VEAI on your main machine and for some unknown reason do not create boot drive image backups.
VEAI use of GPU is not ‘linear’ with CU count/TFLOPS performance. I see the 3090 is getting better times than 3070 even if it’s not comparable with CU count/TFLOPS and it seems about the same as other user that tested 1.8.0 with both 3070 and 3090.
I must say, as I’ve stated to the other user, that the result of using a software passes between various possible ‘bottlenecks’, and each one can have an impact on the results.
Read my comment and also reply on this topic if you wish to discuss RTX 3000 performance on VEAI: AI Video Enhance with new GPU 3090 RTX? - #14 by plissandro
ArtemisLQv9 smooths quite a bit, but I wouldn’t use the word “crush” to describe it. MQ is excellent with noisy sources and enhances detail. I think Gaia-CG 1.6.1 does a better job with clean 720p and 1080p video. Theia? You’re joking right? Crushes details describes Theia perfectly.
Deinterlacer? Did you read my post in the VEAI FAQ thread? I tried to make it clear why VEIA does not do this, and why it’s best you learn the basics of QTGMC usage.
The tests i did do not reflect your findings. They have been working on a deinterlacer for a while and when I asked if they had abandoned the idea they said certainly not. Why did you reply to my post as if I had replied to a post of yours? Have I missed something, do you represent Topaz in an official capacity? I don’t see a tag next to you username.
Seriously, I don’t know if any AI deinterlacer will do better than QTGMC when I see the awful results with the DaVinci Resolve AI deinterlacer engine 
I get good results using the following in a workflow:
Gaia HQ - 2x upscale
Theia detail - 1x noise reduction
Artemis MQ - 1x noise reduction mode
Doing so in that order reduces the spotty artifacts introduced by Gaia, and removes the pattern artifacts by Theia.
Unfortunately, that’s a lot of processing to do in order to get a nice result.
I never thought of running a video through the program more than once, is that what people normally do ? I’ve been super satisfied with all of the new Artemis v9, i like it WAY more than Gaia and i was loving Gaia before this update. I’m gonna try out your workflow, i just never thought of running a video through the program more than once, I’m very curious to see the results now.
Yes, often one pass or one model isn’t sufficient.
You can try it out with by limiting the processing to a few frames. Then run the processed frames with another model and so on.
If you are fine with it, i am, too.
but its a urban legend, that win7 runs more stable than 10
especially when you turn of all updates.
I can say that, as i am running my own it service for 20 years now as MCP, MCSA, MCSE etc.
So i would know. And its for sure no error putting VEAI on the main machine.
I never had any issues or crashes with VEAI. My system runs rock solid… for weeks without any restarts. Maybe coz i have updates enabled? 
I liked windows 2.0 … but i dont use it anymore for some reason… facepalm
really no offense, but i could not leave that unanswered.
if you are fine with it … who am i, to condemn that
