How To Enable GPU Cuda in Adobe CS6 for Windows

[Royhessey]

I quote from Vimeo

"

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

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey VideoWeaver,
I just updated the GPU troubleshooting FAQ. Usually, you need to do a clean installation of your video drivers. There can be a few other reasons, as well. Hope you fixed your issue, however, if not, check the fresh FAQ here: FAQ: Why is my GPU not available for Mercury Playback Engine GPU acceleration?

Thanks,
Kevin

[mojo2k14]

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]

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

[mojo2k14]

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.

[Derk5C9A]

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

[dkim1]

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.

[DmitryT1]

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]

CS6 wont run on two cards.

[attilaj58119366]

I only use After Effects CS6, not Premiere. Where can I find this "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file? My computer also has an Nvidia Geforce MX150. I would like a faster render.

[Ann Bens]

There is no cuda support in ae cs6.

[attilaj58119366]

It was just written here that the Premiere CS6 recognized the card, by typing a graphic card name in this txt File.

[attilaj58119366]

There is only Cuda support in the Premiere CS6? Is there not in the After Effects CS6?

[Stanislaw Z.]

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.