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[2021-09-14 17:16:21] #225 [Go To First Post]
User624476 - Posts: 31
There are still many of us with AMD cards waiting for this to be fixed, but I have personally given up on this prospect. It's not so easy to just 'buy a new video card' these days unless you want to pay a small fortune.

[2021-09-14 17:23:24] #226 [Go To First Post]
GravisHTG - Posts: 303
I know , that , i only paid 450USD for my 1070ti .... 2 month ago :( But still , the no headache worth it !

[2021-09-14 19:34:30] #228 [Go To First Post]
GravisHTG - Posts: 303
well , you can sell your 5700xt on ebay for a good price and order one from ebay too. Used is the only way , Even here in canada. and you might need a more powerfull one or 2 card as like in my system , the GPU is top out . a 5700xt is 1200$ at the moment on ebay, so you can buy another card and sell that for sure. My opinion for pure power , the 2 1070ti at around 550 1 card good power for the price 1080ti a around 850 if you dont mind paying extra : 3070 ti at around 1400 and that is the valuations of the moment all in CANADIAN DOLLARS I am pretty sure that This will fix all your problems. have a good day Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-09-14 19:56:57

[2021-09-20 16:17:56] #229 [Go To First Post]
RIFT - Posts: 124
I bought an Nvidia GPU, I don't have any flickering with it...


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[2021-09-21 07:51:57] #230 [Go To First Post]
Kiwi - Posts: 374
My Nvidias have been free of flickering too. But I found back when this was first possible that the odd drawing of diagonal trend lines put me off. I also didn't see much reduction in CPU load. So I dropped opengl. But I thought I'd try again with my current desktop (dwm on top of a mate / debian stack) and 1) the distortion of the trendlines is lower (acceptable) and I get a substantial reduction in CPU load whether running changes with 2.5 second refresh or 200ms refresh. So I'll stick with it for while.

[2021-09-22 06:36:06] #231 [Go To First Post]
User462086 - Posts: 188
Has anyone had problems with an AMD Ryzen CPU + Nvidia GPU combo?

[2021-09-22 13:15:51] #232 [Go To First Post]
GravisHTG - Posts: 303
I have a 5800x with an 1070ti and its working perfectly. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-09-22 16:11:34

[2021-09-23 08:39:39] #233 [Go To First Post]
Kiwi - Posts: 374
Mines Ryzen + NVidia and I'd say it works imperfectly. It reduces CPU load around 20-30% but at the expense of distortion on diagonal trendlines (they vary in thickness) and slow reload of charts and slow appearance of crosshairs when I change tools. The thickness variation is now lower than when I first tested it but I've gone back because the delay in crosshairs appearing and their lag on the chart wasn't satisfactory. System: Host: home Kernel: 5.10.0-8-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: dwm 6.2 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) CPU: Info: 6-Core AMD Ryzen 5 3600 [MT MCP] speed: 1865 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] driver: nvidia v: 460.91.03 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.91.03 Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.84 TiB used: 1.93 TiB (67.8%) Info: Processes: 307 Uptime: 9h 57m Memory: 15.64 GiB used: 4.63 GiB (29.6%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.01

[2021-09-23 10:36:50] #234 [Go To First Post]
GravisHTG - Posts: 303
I never use an Intel cpu with Nvidia. That mean , my next upgrade is an Intel CPU , the 12th gen. ( because like the bugs with AMD GPU , I am pretty sure those problem will take a lot of time an resource to fix and that the dev team dont have it and for what it gives , its not worth it ) After all the forum talk and everything , It should be written somewhere that INTEL CPU and NVIDIA GPU are the way to go if you want the best experience possible. ( I try to ask the dev before (2 or 3 times ) if they ever benchmark their software on any CPU GPU type , with no answer. At least now I know for sure ) And yes I might be because of LINUX and not AMD. We have to test. Thanks for the info. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-09-23 22:11:58

[2021-09-23 12:56:08] #235 [Go To First Post]
User462086 - Posts: 188
@Kiwi & @GravisHTG Many thanks for the replies. Looks like the two of you are running different OS's (linux & win10). Could that be the reason for the different experiences I wonder? Date Time Of Last Edit: 2021-10-30 03:41:24

[2022-02-01 01:44:26] #236 [Go To First Post]
User624476 - Posts: 31
@Sierrachart any update on this? Not the most trivial thing to switch to a new GPU these days.

[2022-07-13 12:56:45] #237 [Go To First Post]
virtualcointrading - Posts: 39
I have just acquired an nVidia RTX 3x series card, with OpenGL enabled SC is globally much faster however text no longer show in the DOM.

[2022-07-13 13:18:03] #238 [Go To First Post]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
Provide us that trading DOM by following these instructions and we will test: Support Board Posting Information: Providing Chartbook with Only a Single Chart In order for us to accurately reproduce this can you also use the chart specific color settings, for the text colors. Refer to: Graphics Settings: Using Different Color and Graphics Settings for Specific Charts Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, change to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing

[2022-07-13 17:54:52] #239 [Go To First Post]
virtualcointrading - Posts: 39
Hello Sierra Chart Engineering, Chartbook attached. Regards, Previously from user: I have just acquired an nVidia RTX 3x series card, with OpenGL enabled SC is globally much faster however text no longer show in the DOM. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-07-20 07:00:39


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[2022-07-17 13:23:29] #240 [Go To First Post]
Acro - Posts: 436
VirtualContrading fyi some fonts work better than others for OpenGL. For example, the SansungOneUI and the google fonts work better with OpenGL than the default Sierra ones

[2022-07-22 19:21:56] #241 [Go To First Post]
User379468 - Posts: 508
Need new machine ASAP. Is Intel CPU/NVIDIA combo still the most reliable/efficient setup for SC? Are there issues with new NVIDIA 3xxx series GPU's? Still have issues with AMD CPU's/GPU's with SC's OpenGL implementation?

[2022-07-23 06:52:36] #242 [Go To First Post]
virtualcointrading - Posts: 39
Switching to nVidia GPU fixed my issue with OpenGL, I am running AMD Ryzen first gen CPU with RTX 3XXX series GPU. As mentioned above if you don't see text after switching make sure your font is supported.

[2022-07-24 14:03:26] #243 [Go To First Post]
taipeicity - Posts: 52
SC does not work on windows 11 ?

[2022-07-24 14:19:54] #244 [Go To First Post]
GravisHTG - Posts: 303
I have it working on win 11 no problem.

[2022-08-18 07:51:08] #245 [Go To First Post]
User551647 - Posts: 14
Hi everybody, I am running a 5900x CPU and 6800xt grafics card. I had issues when using OpenGL. In particular when hovering over something like the chart DOM, several regions of all open chartbooks would show grey or black boxes. Apparently there is huge improvement with the current "optional" Windows drivers for the AMD card. https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-8-1 After some initial testing everything is displayed normally. This is a huge relieve for me since the OpenGL option improves scrolling with large MarketProfiles a lot, everything ist just way smoother. Hope this driver update and future ones really in the long run and might help some of you guys, too. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2022-08-18 09:38:23

[2022-09-12 20:11:31] #246 [Go To First Post]
User379468 - Posts: 508
Does Post #245 mean AMD gfx card issues with OpenGL are fixed in SC?

[2022-09-19 17:36:21] #247 [Go To First Post]
User551647 - Posts: 14
To what I understand, there was not so much a problem with Sierra Chart, but with the implementation of OpenGL in AMD software?drivers?. I found articles that said AMD is working on this to get a better standard there, and this "optional" driver is apparently a version that contains newer OpenGL implementation. I have so far not found any issues. There might be a bit high usage of the grafics card when scrolling through a Footprint/Numbers Bars, but I cannot really compare it to a NVIDIA system, so this is just an indication. I'd suggest to try these newer drivers your self and see if it works.

[2023-02-07 17:57:41] #248 [Go To First Post]
fxzen - Posts: 14
Just leaving this here in case someone else can benefit from it as I did not find this problem/solution when searching for it. I was having lag issues with switching chartbooks, or even maximizing charts where GPU would spike and chart lag would go from 4ms to 100ms+ for 2-4 minutes. After a bunch of trial and error I finally figured out it was G-SYNC. Since disabling G-SYNC my charts are extremely fast 2ms-4ms all the time. This is with a GeForce 3080 RTX / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. Driver version 528.24

[2023-07-10 09:14:55] #249 [Go To First Post]
User551647 - Posts: 14
Some longer-term feedback from me running a 5900x + 6800xt AMD system. I am currently running driver 23.3.2. for the AMD graphics card. I have been using Sierra Chart with OpenGL on now for months without any problems. It runs stable and everything is displayed correctly. With the recent update event the setting for bold text, like in the most recent prices in the footprint, works, which it did not before. In general, I am running two Sierra Instances one for charting with plenty of Footprints, Charts and TPOs where I have OpenGL on. This is quick responsive and really reliable. The other is for DOMs/Prices Ladders only where I have OpenGL off for an extra bit of reliability. It still runs very quickly without any lag, with refresh times of 30-100ms set in the chart settings for >8 ladders for CME and EUREX at once - I am really happy with it. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2023-07-10 09:32:54

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