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jensl95989480
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May 16, 2017 7:35 PM UTC
Question

Force After Effects to use certain GPU

On use two Nvidia Cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2 GB and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with 11GB VRAM on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014).  They have different CUDA compute level and different VRAM.

How I can force After Effects to use only my powerful GTX 1080 Ti?

Thanks for any advice!

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      ULTRACHROMA
      ULTRACHROMA
      Known Participant
      Jul 28, 2017 12:38 AM UTC

      Kevin-Monahan​ Thanks for the info - have tried this route to little success. Any other suggestions? Thanks again!

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      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Legend
      Aug 1, 2017 8:27 PM UTC

      Hi Chris,

      have tried this route to little success. Any other suggestions? Thanks again!

      Work with the video queue. Contact them via this form: Contact Customer Care

      Let us know how it goes.

      Thanks,
      Kevin

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      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
      P.M.B
      P.M.B
      Legend
      May 17, 2017 9:12 PM UTC

      The solution is simple.  Carefully remove the 750m and gently place it in the trash.   Or save for a scrap build.

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      ~Gutterfish
        jensl95989480Author
        Participant
        May 18, 2017 7:09 AM UTC

        Unfortunately, I can not remove it. It is firmly installed in my laptop. But maybe I can power my screen with the bigger card. Let's see ...

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        Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
        Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
        Legend
        Jul 13, 2017 11:08 PM UTC

        Still having problems with this JensL? Please let us know.

        Thanks,
        Kevin

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        Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
        Szalam
        Community Expert
        SzalamCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 17, 2017 4:01 PM UTC

        After Effects doesn't use the GPU for much so you may be overestimating the advantage a better GPU will bring. That being said, more and more native effects are being GPU-accelerated. AE version 14.2 now accelerates Fractal Noise and it makes me very happy.

        And, of course, a number of third party effects like Element, Red Giant Unverse, etc. run exclusively on the GPU.

        AE will use the GPU that is powering your display.

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