GPU Acceleration turned grey (non-clickable) in CS6

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August 24, 2020
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Hi,
How do I activate my GPU Acceleration in rendering in premiere pro? when I went to the project settings it turns out that ts is greyed, I can't change it from CPU to GPU. I already updated to the latest GeForce Driver. I have GTX 1050, 24gb RAM, 250 SSD Nvme. Please help me

Thank you,

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Correct answer RjL190365

A-ha! There's your problem. Natively (or rather by default), CS6 supports only certain old GPUs and no recent GPUs to begin with. That program dates all the way back to 2012, when the Pascal architecture wasn't yet developed. Its compatibility list stopped at Fermi and high-end first-gen Kepler GPUs like the GTX 680.

Plus, CS6 and all versions of CC up to and including CC 2018 are now officially obsolete (according to Adobe), which means that these versions will not receive any further updates or patches any more even if compatibility issues develop later on.

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RjL190365

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Going back to your original question:

Since you are still using CS6, you will need to add the line "GeForce GTX 1050" to the "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file, then re-save that file. Do note that Adobe acknowledged its existence but did not officially support it.

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MackybumAuthor

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ohhh i see... How do I add the GeForce 1050 file? where can I download it?

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RjL190365

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You don't. That file should have already been at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS6" folder. By default, the list should include a few of those old GPUs (you open this file in Notepad with elevated administrator privileges).

And this file is left there by Adobe primarily for the engineers who test various Nvidia GPUs.

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RjL190365

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Your preferences may be messed up. Try resetting them by holding the ALT button while launching Premiere Pro. And clear all caches by navigating to Edit > Preferences > Media Cache. Then, click the Delete button, and highlight the radio button "Delete all caches from the system," then click OK.

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MackybumAuthor

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Still won't work sir. BTW im using CS6

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RjL190365Correct answer

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A-ha! There's your problem. Natively (or rather by default), CS6 supports only certain old GPUs and no recent GPUs to begin with. That program dates all the way back to 2012, when the Pascal architecture wasn't yet developed. Its compatibility list stopped at Fermi and high-end first-gen Kepler GPUs like the GTX 680.

Plus, CS6 and all versions of CC up to and including CC 2018 are now officially obsolete (according to Adobe), which means that these versions will not receive any further updates or patches any more even if compatibility issues develop later on.