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Would have been interesting to isolate the root cause by trying each of those solutions at a time. I would bet only the GDI flag in Options.txt is relevant enough to produce those changes.


Ah yes such good advice. From what I've noticed just in the process of troubleshooting the power profile ...

I get spikes when running external monitors from the laptop that has Live on it. If I disconnect the monitors, spiking goes away. So have you looked at video card issues, something that may have changed after your reinstall?


Running a 2080ti with current drivers, usage for this card is (as to ...

Many thanks to everyone who responded to this thread... I thought I would just post a quick update on the process. I received word from ableton and they directed me to their articles on PC optimization and power management, suffice to say all suggested actions which have been covered in this thread ...

Maybe this gives some insight: https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10


Thanks for your response... yes this is all very helpful information, I found that it is also covered in the guide on the ableton website and I have gone over ...

Any anti virus software running in background? In the powr management did you ensure the option for CPU stays at 100% usage.


I have windows defender running in a minimal capacity, have disabled reak-time protection and also disabled the conditions in the task scheduler. That is the extent of ...

manasseh wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:48 pm

Try "-_ForceGdiBackend" in options.txt, prefererences folder. Worked for a friend of mine with a similar problem

I've seen reference to this before... not sure about where exactly to add this but I'll look it up. TY

I will definitely try the latency monitor. As for the parked cores would you go about it in the registry or with software? Or perhaps there is a utility in windows I am unaware of. I generally shy away from manipulating the registry - it can be dangerous on windows 10 unless you are very savvy, and ...

Thanks for your response, I have adjusted the power settings and yes it has improved the performance. Though I'm not seeing the same performance that I had before the clean install it is at least workable and I can keep producing until the issues are resolved completely... very grateful to you for ...

Hello, I am new to this forum so I apologize as this is yet another performance question but I'm at my wits end with this issue.

I recently did a clean install of windows 10 (yesterday) and reinstalled all up to date drivers, software and plugins after having a problem with ilok license manager ...