Just adding to this thread from perhaps another angle...

System:

Win 10

i7 3.4 Ghz quad core
16GB RAM1TB SSD

NVIDIA GTX 1060 3GB

I just recently upgraded the GPU from a GTX 750 because rendering a 30 minute episode was taking between 6-7 hours.

As I began to render some clips, I also notice that the GPU was running at 1% while CPU was pegged between 93-96%. I've checked all the software and file settings listed above. System is only recognizing the 1060 card, but PP 2018 is simply not using it.

The main effect which seems to be slowing things down in Neat Video's DeNoiser... anyone else have experience with that? Is it something that only makes use of CPU and RAM?

Just wanted to chime in with my experiences.

Alienware Aurora R7

8700kCPU

1080Ti 11GB

32GB ram

all latest updates to drivers, CC, and win10

Exporting from Premiere, while looking in the performance tab of the task manager, my internal GPU was getting heavy utilization during the render...and I had an 8 minute estimate from Premiere.

Went to device manager and disabled the integrated GPU there. Went back and re-exported the sequence from Premiere. Task manager showed only the 1080Ti, but it never went over 2% utilization. But is that because it's just a much more powerful GPU, and what makes it ramp up to 2% made the internal GPU ramp up higher? When I cancelled the render the GPU usage did become a flat line instead of very small spike. So it seems like it was doing something while exporting...also...the estimate given from Premiere this time was 4 minutes for the exact same sequence. (and I didn't have "use previews" checked, so I don;t think it was just using previews already rendered the first time)

Not sure if my GPU is really working. Would love to see it at 100% utilization and have the exports be even faster...but....if the bottleneck is elsewhere then whatever.

I've noticed this issue on my custom PC. Granted that my GPU is outdated as it is an EVGA GTX 680 FTW. I noticed stutters and lag while playback/scrubbing. I pulled up my task manager to see that my GPU is not being utilized at all. Even with effects that are labeled to be accelerated with the GPU. Until this weekend, I haven't touched Premiere in a year and this wasn't an issue last time. I had more effects and heavier editing last time with no issues, but this time with a lighter workflow it was stuttering/lagging pretty bad.

I was told to just use proxies, which is fine if I were working with 4K footage, but this is 1080p footage and what wasn't a problem before is a problem now. It's frustrating.

I have exactly the same problem.

I have an NVIDIA GPU card (I admit it, a bit dated now, a GTX680M) in my Alienware laptop.

When using Premier Pro, I can not select this card in the Project settings. I only have the choice of Mercury Playback Engine GPU... Why?

I was considering upgrading my laptoop to a new Alienware 17, with an i9 and an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080 to super boost up the performance in Premier Pro, however I see numerous people with the GTX1080 who are experiencing the same problem than me: Premier Pro not letting them use their dedicated NVIDIA graphic card.

Hence, before investing in anything new, and in order to see how my own system will perform when using my current NVIDIA card, can someone please help and tell my how to get Premier Pro to use my dedicated GPU card (and not the default Mercury option).

Needless to say, super frustrating to spend hours trolling the net to find an answer to this.

Thanks

Isabel

ryant27965867​,

Below is the link to the post on the User Voice page.

P. Pro not using correct graphics card – Adobe video & audio apps

Also, I like the name!

Ryan.

Just commenting to keep this alive. How is this not resolved? I have a gtx960m although Adobe continues to use the integrated Dell card for all GPU intensive work. Annoying as heck.

Ohim and thomasa18025948,

I appreciate your idea of editing the registry keys, although it seems a little heavy-handed to me. Although if it works, go for it, right? I have two things to mention here, and the first is a little bit more information on how to edit these keys.

First, use the Windows Key on your keyboard with the "R" key to open the run prompt.

WinKey + R

Then, type the following command into the prompt (then hit enter) to open the registry editor.

regedit

Next, hit allow if the UAC prompt comes up.

Finally, navigate through the directories on the left-hand side to the path you desire.

Once, navigated to the key that you are looking for, right-click the key and proceed to click "Modify".

Here, change the value to what you desire, then click "OK" to save the edit. You will need to restart after making any edits.

For us, first navigate to the following path:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenCL\Vendors\

Next, change the value of both of the REG_DWORDs to 1 by using the above modification steps.

Now, navigate to the next path.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Khronos\OpenCL\Vendors\

Again, change the value of both of the REG_DWORDs to 1.

According to Ohim, this should disable the OpenCL renderer for the integrated graphics and make it useless to Premiere. This should hopefully force P. Pro to use the dedicated graphics when exporting. However, I will not be making these changes on my system for the reasons below. I will not know if it works for me and my system.

The second thing that I should mention is that after the recent updates to the Adobe Suite, I have noticed that my GTX 1060 6GB IS (FINALLY) being used, during export. I have included a screenshot below. I am not sure exactly what changed, but nothing on the hardware side of things changed for me. Only a Windows 10 update and some updates to P. Pro have been made.

If you happen to know why my integrated graphics are not being used and my 1060 is, please let me know. However, as I am the original author of this thread, I do not want to mark anything as the correct answer yet as this may be a case unique to me and my setup. Please let me know what the case is for you.

I apologize for the lengthy post, but I wish you the best of luck,

Ryan.

You have to disable the OpenCL renderer for the Intel iGPU, you make this from Registry

Navigate to the following locations :

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenCL\Vendors\

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Khronos\OpenCL\Vendors\

There you will find the Dword for the IntelOpenCL64.dll  driver .. you either modify the value to 1 Which means False (disabled) and not use it, or do like me and delete the entry (technically deny the iGPU to ever be used as an OpenCL device) and restart your PC!

R Neil Haugen​ ,

Thank you for your reply. I have submitted a post there under GPUs. It is under my username, rmthompson902.

Here is is the link to my post.

P. Pro not using correct graphics card – Adobe video & audio apps

Ryan.

Hello I am having the exact same issues as you all.

Render times are much much faster if you leave the integrated gpu turned on.

i can deactivate my onboard graphics but when i do, it renders cpu only and leaves my gtx1060 unused.

idealy premiere would use my gtx1060 for rendering, and has previously done, like last year everything worked just fine!

Adobe should have a fix for this by now!!! otherwise everybody using gtx1060,1070,1080 has useless gpus that they can not use for premiere rendering...

and i agree that rendering is CPU intensive but when i do a heavy export like 4k timeline with four 4k clips in it playing at the same time with gaussian blur and lumetri color put on, two playing in reverse I even receive usage of my onboard graphics of like 86%. So it is not a cpu only computation. That it would be nice to use the power of our GTX cards again.

Additionally, timeline playback performance slowed down as well. when playing a timeline with a lot of effects, my gtx1060 doesnt get used at all, like 5% at max.

Adobe please come up with a fix!! Last year everything worked fine without any problems!!