Premiere Pro not using Nvidia GPU for rendering

Hello,


Before that I also encountered the same problem as you, my surfacebook2 is also gtx1060, but when I use premiere it only detected the integrated graphics, did not detect my gtx 1060, so I tried to disable the integrated graphics, then start Premiere, but premier still can't detect gtx 1060, but use cpu for rendering. After that, I try to download the corresponding gtx 1060 graphics driver on the NVIDIA official website (pictured), after I install the driver and start the premiere. The gtx1060 graphics card was found to be detected by premiere.

I'm using a Surface Book 2 with a 1050 and had similar issues (tried do disable the Intel 620 as well). I opened CMD and ran gpusniffer.exe. I got the message that the 1050 wasn't being used because the driver was out of date. Long story short. I went to NVIDIA and downloaded the current drivers directly. Now it's working. However, it seems that Premiere was using the CPU, Intel and Nvidia GPU's. Not sure if each was handling different aspects of the encoding/rendering. But the NVIDIA card was only utilized to 20% of capacity. While the CPU and Intel GPU were 30-80% respectively.

The solution provided by Bernard Mulligan did NOT work for me. Also, if it's a Surface Book 2, we can't just download drivers from the Nvidia page - they're (solely) automatically provided via Windows Updates. Even if OP tried to download, the NVIDIA installer would not recognize the 1050 aboard. Please provide a solution because after searching through many forums it seems like LOTS of people have this same problem. You can't choose CUDA anymore in Project Settings. Premiere only uses the integrated graphics. If you try to disable the integrated Graphics (Intel 620) Premiere will use CPU only and setting Premiere to use the 1050 in the Nvidia Control Panel does nothing either. Nor does disabling OpenCL for the Intel chip in RegEdit.



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I suspect this is the same issue as here: https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro/suggestions/34190128-p-pro-not-using-correct-graphics-card

Same Problem... but my laptop /only/ has the Intel 620, how do i make it work if i dont have any other external equipment?

Using Windows 10 - all patches applied. Premiere Pro CC v13.0. Dell XPS 8930 with nVidia GTX 1080. Premiere uses the embedded Intel Graphic processor instead of the GTX 1080. Cannot disable the embedded graphics in the BIOS. Disabling it in Device Manager causes the CPU to do all the work.

SOLUTION FOUND:

Simply go to device manager and temporarily disable integrated GPU, worked well for me on laptop with HD 620 and external GTX 1080. I disabled HD 620 so premiere had no choice :-). Guessing what is gonna happen when you disable the integrated one and disconnect the e-GPU....

Same here, Alienware 17 R4 nvidia 1070 + intel HD630. tried different solutions no success, still using integrated GPU. But if I scrubble on a 4k clip playback outside premiere (movies & tv for example) Nvidia GPU reaches 100% and work smoothly. Inside premiere if I try to do the same is awful, the same on rendering. I may move to Mac and final cut.

SOLVED: MS Surface Book 2, Nvidia GTX 1060, Intel UHD 620

Here are the steps I followed over time. It was not until I completed Step 4 below that the NVIDIA GPU was utilized.
Steps 2 through 4 I did on 09/18/2018 to give reference to versions of fixes that were applied.
Premiere Pro is now flying and you can monitor the uptick of the NVIDIA GPU utilization in Task Manager > Performance tab.

Step 1: Go into Control Panel > NVIDIA Control Panel
“Global Settings” tab: set “Preferred graphics processor to: “High-performance NVIDIA processor”
“Program Settings” tab: add each program you want to specify using NVIDIA and set each to “High-performance NVIDIA processor”

Step 2: Download and run Surface Diagnostics Toolkit:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4037239/surface-fix-common-surface-problems-using-surface-diagnostic-toolkit

Step 3: Go into Device Manager > Display adapters and update drivers for both the NVIDIA and Intel graphics devices.

Step 4: Go into Settings > System > Display > Graphics Settings (at bottom of page) and browse to the application you wish to add, i.e.:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018/Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
Highlight the .exe file and select the ADD button.

Having the same issue. Just did the update to version 12.1.2.Now my timeline plays all glitchy and freezes. Pulled up Task Manager and Premiere Pro is maxing out my 16BG of memory and only appears to be using the Intel HD Graphics 530 GPU instead of the Nvidia Quadro M1000M. Never had an issue until now! Please fix ASAP