Premiere Pro not using Nvidia GPU for rendering

There is a lot of misunderstanding in this thread because a good number of editors do not understand how Premiere Pro handles handles GPU and iGPU assisted exports.

If you want to export H.264, you will be using the iGPU not the dedicated GPU. It's faster because it is using Quick Sync. In Export Settings, hardware assisted encoding takes place and should be enabled by default. You can switch it off, if you like, but the encode will take longer with the discrete GPU engaged. It will be of slightly higher quality, as the main benefit. Most people prefer the hit in quality to get faster exports, though.

If you want to export non-H.264 (like ProRes), you will be using the dedicated GPU, not the iGPU. It should be set with hardware encoding disabled by default because of the codec you choose.

Other NLEs might use the GPU and iGPU completely differently for exporting and supporting GPU accelerated effects processing, so keep that in mind.

Exporting in Premiere Pro, by the way, is a CPU-centric process with the GPU and iGPU providing mainly effects processing in the export process, and does very little to assist the actual encoding of the files.

So in the end, you might find that Premiere Pro is exporting using the correct hardware if you have one of those laptops with an iGPU and discrete GPU. There's nothing wrong with Premiere Pro at all, it's you that might need to get up to speed on how things actually work.

It's definitely confusing, but it's important to understand exactly what's going on with your laptop and exports - which vary depending on the export codec.

I have been using Premiere since version 4.0
It is not clear to me that for many years these people have failed to make the program fit. You buy a 1000-2000 Euro GPU to stand for decoration. And Premiere uses an integrated graphics card. Well, it's about committing suicide 🙂 The other day I tried Resolve 16. Too bad it didn't have enough effects and plugins. But as it render, how playback does Premiere will never have!

Since when is the integrated GPU faster than, say a GTX 1080? Are you saying Intel's QuickSync on a UHD Graphics 630 is faster than an nVidia GTX 1080 GPU? If so, then why doesn't Adobe just say so? I have had an open case on this for over 13 months!

Why would you want that? Integrated is faster at encoding and decoding due to QuickSync, people been fighting Adobe trying to enable integrated for years

This has been an ongoing issue since 2016 and it still hasn't been resolved.

Occasionally, I manage to fix it by updating or rolling back either PP or my GPU and disabling integrated, but I shouldn't have to and, it always reverts back to not working. To the point where I am forced to sell my laptop or switch to Resolve as it has built in 1060 GPU which, is NOT COMPATIBLE with Adobe. Obviously... People have had this issue with 1050's, 60's, 70's and even 80's and it's always laptops.

It's been 3+ years and there hasn't been a solution.



I'm ooooooout.

I have GTX 1660 Ti on my PC but I cannot use GPU acceleration as a renderer. All black screen

SOLVED: Addendum to my September 18, 2018 4:13 PM Surface Book 2 fix:
After updating Adobe Premiere Pro and numerous Windows Updates the Nvidia GTX 1060 stopped responding during video rendering, etc.
I am now back up and running. The following has my Nvidia GPU working properly along side my Intel UHD 620 and video processing is flying.
- I upgraded to Premiere Pro V.13.1.0 (build 193)
- I redid the steps in the September 18, 2018 4:13 PM post in this thread.
- I went to https://www.geforce.com/drivers and filled in the "Manual Drivers Search" with:
- - GeForce
- - GeForce 10 Series
- - GeForce GTX 1060
- - Windows 10 64-bit
- - English (US)
- - Standard
- - All

- I downloaded and installed the "GeForce Game Ready Driver - WHQL", version 425.31, Release Dates: Thu April 11, 2019.

This is extremely frustrating. Why is this not getting prioritized??!!