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Jan Osfield
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October 1, 2020
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Support for new iMac 2020 AMD Radeon 5700XT?

  • October 1, 2020
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I cannot see that Premiere Pro is supprting the new graphics cards in 2020 iMac. Please tell me this isn't true. Can somoen advise please?

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Correct answer Steve Griffiths

I don't know for sure that the new iMac graphics cards work with Premiere Pro but as a user of a new Mac Pro with a AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and a new Macbook Pro with AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (HBM2) card both don't seem to have any issues running Premiere Pro (2019 & 2020). Working extensively with these machines for the last few months - and GPU (Metal) acceleration is on.

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joe88
Participant
October 6, 2021

Adobe dont support the new iMacs. Performance is horibly slow. You can disable "hardware accelerated decoding" in premiere. But that is simply not a solution. 

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Warren Heaton10841144Community Expert
Community Expert
October 6, 2021

Premiere Pro runs fine on iMacs.

 

 

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Zyrtech
Participating Frequently
October 7, 2021

Unfortunately - It doesn't.
See my specs below.

Premiere is running slow - Even on the iMacs build in SSD. My iMac from 2017 is faster. 
I think this is because of their lack of support for the AMD Radeon PRO 5700 XT.

 

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Zyrtech
Participating Frequently
August 24, 2021

Hey guys.

 

Brand new iMac 2020 AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB User here.

Also:
3.6 GHz 10 -core i9, 64 GB Ram, Retina 5K 27" 2020.

 

Premiere is performing so bad that I have to close it many times day, rendering is slower than my iMac 2017. 
What's happening @Steve Griffiths ??? Can you please fix this so that professional people like me can work in Adobe? Or else.. DV Rslv is next up....

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    Steve Griffiths
    Inspiring
    August 24, 2021

    Zyrtech - I don't work for Adobe. I'm just a professional person like you - working with Adobe software.

    phil bauch
    phil bauch
    Known Participant
    January 19, 2021

    Hi Jan, I'm close to buy a 27" with the 5700XT, too, Do you have any updates, and has it been fixed meanwhile? Or what are your experiences till now? Thanks and cheers, 
    Phil

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    Jan OsfieldAuthor
    Known Participant
    January 22, 2021

    Hi Phil - I beleive the issue was resolved by an update. Howwever, I decided that the XT was overkill for my needs and went with the Radeo Pro 5700 6GB memory instead. All working fine so far, Kind Regards Jan

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      franck5E76
      Participant
      January 22, 2021

      Hey Jan,

      i'm really interested in your last post.

      I would like to buy the imac 2020 but as the 5700XT has many issue with adobe,

      then i'm looking for the radeon pro 5700. How does it work with 4K, 6K ? 

      If some people have this card i would really appreciate some advice.

      Also if the issue of the radeon pro 5700XT has been solved with an update I would like to know if

      somebody can confirm this !

      Thanks a lot guys !

      Franck 

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      Steve GriffithsCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      October 3, 2020

      I don't know for sure that the new iMac graphics cards work with Premiere Pro but as a user of a new Mac Pro with a AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and a new Macbook Pro with AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (HBM2) card both don't seem to have any issues running Premiere Pro (2019 & 2020). Working extensively with these machines for the last few months - and GPU (Metal) acceleration is on.

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        Jan OsfieldAuthor
        Known Participant
        October 4, 2020

        Thankyou Steve.

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