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Nov 21, 2020 7:10 PM UTC
Question

CUDA GPU is Enabled but Premiere only uses CPU

Hello there, I've been trying to fix the issue for about 4 days now. I tried absolutely everything I can. (reinstall Premiere, Installed and Re-installed Drivers, etc.) and I don't think anything is wrong with my system. I searched other posts about this, nothing helped in my situation, tried everything with CUDA posts, but the issue still remains. I have CPU AMD Ryzen 7 2700 and GPU GTX 1070Ti, when i'm editing my playback is just frozen at times. I checked what is being used to process this, and my CPU is at 100% when GPU is at 0%. And it's not like I'm adding 100 effects or something crazy like that, every project that has atleast 1 nested sequence or 1 effect is not playing back to me, only if I render it (1080p), and Hardware Encoding is enabled but GPU usage is 0%, CPU 100%. Mercury CUDA is enabled, premiere uses ONLY CPU. When i'm using a 3D program Blender it has CUDA aswell, and it works perfectly fine, uses both CPU and GPU, but premiere is acting like there is no GPU! Because of this problem, i can't finish my projects, the issue is that I can't see what i'm even doing! I am confused, please help? Heres a video what exactly is going on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUXo8wcAX18

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Dima0101Author
Participating Frequently
May 6, 2025 5:53 PM UTC

Even after 5 years the problem is still present. Even upgraded my CPU and GPU, nothing helps. I guess this software is just cursed

 

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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
Legend
May 6, 2025 9:50 PM UTC

Hi Dima,

Can you give us more info about your system and media so we can help you? Hope we can help.

 

Thanks,
Kevin

 

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Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
R Neil Haugen
Legend
Nov 23, 2022 5:37 PM UTC

Because that will help ... how?

 

I run both Pr and Resolve daily. I work for/with/teach pro colorists, most of whom are in Resolve, some Baselight. And am of course on both the LGG and BlackMagic forums also.

 

Pr and Resolve are both running fine on my 24 core desktop. Pr2023 is screaming along great on my Acer Predator Triton 500 laptop, but Resolve on that thing is a TOTAL dog. I uninstalled it.

 

But others get completely different results Opposite of mine. Because performance on both apps right now is all over the place for users. In both, the majority are doing ok, but some are getting crud

 

And Resolve has some issues, like the constant troubles trying to get Fusion to work color-management like the rest of the app. Right now, that's really a trouble in 18.1. LONG threads on that. And subtitling is not ... spiffy.

 

But again, these are nothing but tools. For several million daily users, Pr2023 is working wonderfully well, even though for some it's being crud. Resolve's user base is a lot smaller, but gets similar ... most doing ok, some getting crud.

 

So ... they're tools. LOSE the emotions about the corporations people. Isn't worth your time.

 

Just use the tool what works for you at this time to get the work out the door.

 

Neil

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Everyone's mileage always varies ...
Participant
Dec 27, 2022 1:12 PM UTC

I have the same problem, all settings are perfect for using GPU, 1080p but my timeline is red because I have 4 CPU effects and  the whole experience in the timeline (runs slow) even though I have a beast of a PC that only uses the cpu. So I'm thinking of editing my clip and then applying the effects. It's the only solution I guess.

 

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Community Expert
Nov 22, 2020 9:23 PM UTC

How is your playback if you turn off the noise?

Are you using high-resolution texutres?

What is the size of the sequence "123"?

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Dima0101Author
Participating Frequently
Nov 23, 2020 9:46 PM UTC

It's the exact same

Yes they are high-res, but I used these textures before in another software and my performance was smooth
It's 1080p 60 fps (if that's what you mean)

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Ann Bens
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Community Expert
Nov 23, 2020 9:49 PM UTC

Please post screenshots as requested.

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Inspiring
Nov 22, 2020 2:12 PM UTC

Is everything setup 100% correct? The video below might be helpful.


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Dima0101Author
Participating Frequently
Nov 23, 2020 9:41 PM UTC

Yes, pretty much it's the exact same as in the video, but my GPU just doesn't want to work in premiere. I'm kind of new to Premiere because I changed softwares, and its turns out that some effects use CPU and others use GPU which I just don't understand.. But still my Premiere only prioritizes CPU. As I said i tried everything I can, just doesn't work

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Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 21, 2020 7:19 PM UTC

When your timeline shows a red render bar you first need to render for smooth playback.

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Dima0101Author
Participating Frequently
Nov 21, 2020 7:24 PM UTC

Yes. But, most of the time it shows red. And if I render it, and change something, you need to render it again which takes a lot of time. Is it really the only solution to this?

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Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
Nov 22, 2020 3:12 PM UTC

Post screenshot sequence settings and clip properties.

Guessing you are using an effect that is not gpu accelerated.

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