Updated my GPU to RTX 5080 but playback keeps lagging

[Struggle27618002ijc9]

Until this week, I was using my RTX 3060 and decided to upgrade to the newly arrived RTX 5080 ( in hopes of making playback smoother. To my surprise, I didn't notice any difference. I edit 4K clips in an HD timeline with only one clip stacked on top of another (a 2-camera interview

Here are my system specs and setup:

• GPU: RTX 5080
• CPU: Ryzen 9 5950x
• RAM: 32GB 
• Storage: All media is stored on an 2TB SSD 
• Sequence Settings: 1920x1080, 23.98fps
• Renderer: Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA). 

Any thoughts?

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Struggle27618002ijc9 - What type of media are you working with?  Not all formats are hardware-accelerated by the GPU, though many are. PugetBench has a great article outlining which codecs and formats benefit from GPU acceleration and which do not. What H.264 and H.265 Hardware Decoding is Supported in Premiere Pro?

[Struggle27618002ijc9]

Thank you for the reply Jamie,

I use footage straight from my Panasonic S5II. Below is a media file info if it helps

[Struggle27618002ijc9]

Sorry since there is no editing available i'm attaching another screenshot which i think is more accurate and informative

[jamieclarke · Accepted solution]

Hi @Struggle27618002ijc9 -  You definitely chose the right GPU for your footage.  You're working with H264 10bit 422 media.  NVIDIA 50-series cards now support hardware acceleration for 422 media. Premiere Pro currently offers 422 hardware acceleration in the Beta version. If you’re able to, I recommend downloading the Beta to try it out. Here’s an article with more details: Now in Beta: Improved support for NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture.

[Struggle27618002ijc9]

thank you i wll look into it

[Struggle27618002ijc9]

seems like it worked out! Thank you!!!!!