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RobGallo1966
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Mar 3, 2025 11:08 PM UTC
Question

GPU Not Being Used by Premiere

For the life of me, I dont know why my GPU has never gone past 4% even with huge render projects. And I cant render export large GB projects.

 

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Fergus H
Community Manager
Community Manager
Mar 4, 2025 12:35 AM UTC

@RobGallo1966 

 

Hi Rob!

 

What format are you exporting your timelapse in? Depending on the format, it's likely your GPU would be used for encoding the video during the export process. 

 

Regards,

Fergus

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John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
Mar 3, 2025 11:30 PM UTC

Also, are you using the Studio driver?

 

nVidia Driver Downloads https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
-for all Adobe programs use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver
-To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive
-testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top
-creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond

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RobGallo1966
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Mar 3, 2025 11:56 PM UTC

Switched to sytudio driver. GPU  still 1% utilized. CPU 100%, MEMORY 90-100%. chose mercury playback cuda.

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R Neil Haugen
Legend
Mar 4, 2025 12:10 AM UTC

What are you expecting the GPU to do? I don't see in your response anything that would actually use the GPU as it's been specified to be used. Again, it is not just a general assistant for the CPU. It is a separate processing system.

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R Neil Haugen
Legend
Mar 3, 2025 11:21 PM UTC

The GPU is never used as simply an assistant to the CPU. The coding has to get completely different. So some things are coded for GPU if available, many aren't.

 

There is a list of the GPU Accelerated Effects that are run through the GPU. And some long-GOP rendering is also done *in certain cases* on specifically equipped GPUs.

 

So what's your media, effects in use, and CPU and GPU?

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RobGallo1966
Known Participant
Mar 3, 2025 11:42 PM UTC

I have 80,000 jpg low rez trying to render to edit a timelapse. No effects or transitions.

 

i7 7th gen.

 

Just noticed I was using game driver. Now switching to studio driver.

 

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