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How To Enable GPU Cuda in Adobe CS6 for Windows

Forum|Forum|13 years ago
July 12, 2012
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I quote from Vimeo

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A lot of folks were complaining about how most GPU accelerated graphics cards are not supported in Adobe's new Premiere Pro and After Effects CS6 applications.

Thankfully there is a simple and quick fix that allows you to enable your GPU videocard to be supported that makes the editing experience so much better.

I take six mintes to show you how to complete this on a Mac."

Here is the link https://vimeo.com/43420088

Can we do the same/similar for Windows based computers?

My video card is NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Hardware or GPU

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Correct answer Royhessey

After a little experimenting I have DONE IT !!!

In the folder "Program Files " "Adobe" "Premiere CS6" open the text file called cuda_supported_cards.txt.

Add your card to the list and hopefully it works.

Open a new session of Premiere, Goto "Project Settings" "General" and under Video Rendering and Playback "Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration" should show as active.

Now I am going to tackle After Effects.

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Stanislaw Z.

Participant

I've had the same problem and already knew about this .txt file. Strangely I have my card added, but CUDA won't show as a playback option. Even more strangely, adding another line with my card, but with "NVIDIA" at the beginning, solve the issue.

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dkim1

Participant

The cuda_supported_cards.txt trick worked for my RTX 2080 on Premiere Pro CS6. One project using Quadro K5000 took over 8 hours, but my 2080 renders in 30 minutes.

Thank you Royhessey for the great information. And thank you mojo2k14 for your testimonial on RTX 2070 SUPER which inspired me to even believe that my card would work. And thank you John Ratard for the recommendation to run the program GPU-Z to get the card name. GPU-Z gave the name "NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080" and I put that entire line into the cuda_supported_cards.txt file to get this to work.

Thanks again to all of you. I got my 2080 recently for gaming, but it's great that I can also use it with my old CS6.

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DmitryT1

Participating Frequently

The cuda_supported_cards.txt trick worked for my RTX 2080 on Premiere Pro CS6.

By @dkim1

Did you use External GPU or it your RTX 2080 installed into PC? I am using laptiop with MX150 and would like to by eGPU with RTX 2060. But cannot understand if I can choose then which GPU my CS6 should use for rendering.

If anyone has same setup like me: CS6 on a laptop with Windows and Nvidia GPU + eGPU connected via Thunderbolt 3/4, please let me know how it work?

Ann Bens

Community Expert

CS6 wont run on two cards.

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Anonymous

9 years later and your comment is saving me a ton of headache. TYVM if you ever get this.

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mojo2k14

Participant

This worked on my rtx 2070 SUPER. i was rendering with my cpu taking 10 minutes for 30 second 1080p video and now it takes 40 seconds. i love you guys here!

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Mojo,

Not sure what you did, but there is no longer a whitelist for GPUs. Usually updating your GPU drivers is all you need to do, but thanks for sharing.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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mojo2k14

Participant

Hi

I should of mentioned I'm still running an old version of cs6. I'm looking to upgrade to cc soon. Thanks again to this post.

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VideoWeaverLtd

Participant

hello, i have got an geforce 960m ...its a new ish card. why will that not work?

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HarleyTDavis

Inspiring

What version of Premiere do you have? IF CS6, you need to add your card to the short list in the system files, but AFTER you make sure it is CUDA capable, and can run higher than version 3 of CUDA ( Version 3.4 or above). Best to have version 4 or higher, since more ops in third party plugs are compatible, and will save processing time. Make sure your card meets those requirements and then read the posts above. They show you what file you have to change in order to get your card to work. If you are on OSX (a mac) don't bother with CUDA. It doesn't work. Apple have removed the capability by overriding the library of functions with their own, lesser design.

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MPatrickCurry

Participant

This worked! Thanks!

giolat

Participant

Is this problem real also for Premiere Pro CC ? Because i have same kind of problem with a new video card FirePro V4900, unseen by Premiere. But i cannot fine such a file "cuda_supported_cards"....

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HarleyTDavis

Inspiring

Hey. The file is in "Program Files" folder, inside "Adobe" folder, "Adobe Premiere..." (will have the version at end of name) folder, and you will probably see a file called cuda_supported_cards, or with a .txt at the end of it. I found it in CS6. Though I've heard of CUDA problems in CC and later, mostly with macs, but some with windows. It is coming into it's maturity again, but most of my gear is CS6 and will stay CS6 for a while longer, mainly due to the fact that I work in 1080p at max, and I don't use a lot of high power effects, plus the fact that the max many of my machines can handle is 1080p for playback.

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hello Harley,

Though I've heard of CUDA problems in CC and later, mostly with macs, but some with windows.

The file is not available in Premiere Pro CC and later. You no longer need to do this. A GPU with more than 1 GB VRAM will likely work with Premiere Pro CC, and later, automatically. However, with recent versions you may want to bump that up to 2 GB VRAM.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

timtro

Participating Frequently

I finally found the solution was to download and install the Nvidia driver again. That's all there was to it. Apparently it makes a difference what order things are installed and Nvidia seems to want to be installed last.

The ultimate solution to the crashing issue was to install the SPECCY monitor which told me I had a heat problem. I mounted an extra (90mm) fan in the side panel over the CUP and GPU venting out. Nvidia told me the max temp or the Quadro is 95 C but now it never goes over 85. The CPU also stays within the safe range.

I'm posting this for the benefit of others who may find it helpful.

RoyhesseyAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

After a little experimenting I have DONE IT !!!

In the folder "Program Files " "Adobe" "Premiere CS6" open the text file called cuda_supported_cards.txt.

Add your card to the list and hopefully it works.

Open a new session of Premiere, Goto "Project Settings" "General" and under Video Rendering and Playback "Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration" should show as active.

Now I am going to tackle After Effects.

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Aalexandrion

Participant

Please help me with this.

I have an Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT. I've updated the video card driver to the last version, did the same with the CUDA driver. Opened the Program Files->Adobe->Premiere CS6->cuda_supported_cards.txt. and also in opencl_supported_cards i introduced the name of my card GeForce 9600M as indicated in CMD command.

No results, When opening the project, I can not choose the video rendering and Playback preferences. I restarted the AP CS6 to it's settings, and the result remains the same.

What am I doing wrong? Please help.

timtro

Participating Frequently

Do I need to reboot or just restart Premiere Pro CS6 because when I restarted it, it still says cuda not available.

Thank you for the lightning fast reply!

That didn't do it. It still says ",,,not available".

John T Smith

Community Expert

For "some" others, with at least 1Gig of video ram, use the nVidia Hack http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629557 - which is a simple entry in a "supported cards" file... I do not have your card, so I do not know if the hack will work for you

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