Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Mecury GPU Acceleration CS5.5

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December 3, 2012
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Hi all!

I am having problems with my GTX 285, so i am looking to upgrade it. I have found the GeForce GTX 650 Ti card quite cheap, but i need to know, does the Premiere Pro CS5.5 Mecury GPU Playback engine support this card? It ain't listed in the list of supported cards, but it's an Nvidia card so i just wanted to be sure I also need to know: is the new cards on the list, that was added in CS6 also supported on CS5.5?

Thank you in advance

/gammarik

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Correct answer Bill Gehrke

No, it is not on the list but yes, it would work. But my suggested minimum card is the GTX 660 which has 70% more memory bandwidth. I own a GTX 660 and it works very well with the small change to the Adobe "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file.

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happyggv2

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Gammarik,

I just purchased the 660Ti and it is now working great thanks to help in this forum.

I had to uninstall the built in video card drivers. AND I also had to had the GeForce 66 Ti to the list. Check my post Cheap Video Card and the responses have been real helpful. I am currently using it in Premiere Pro and AE CS6. Very pleased thus far and I only spent $274 for a new card. Happy camper now !

Let me know if u need help adding it to the list.

I suppose I have not worked with enuf yet but the 2 test I have done have been very positive.

Good luck, Gene

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medeamajic

Participating Frequently

I have a GTX 650 Ti with 2 GB of RAM. It is much better than my GT 240 for real-time previews. I think it offers a very good bang for the buck.

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RjL190365

Legend

That is because the GT 240 is a relatively feeble card by current standards to begin with. Only 96 CUDA cores and no more than 54.4 GB/s memory throughput even with GDDR5 memory. Compare that to the 768 CUDA cores and 86.4 GB/s memory throughput of the GTX 650 Ti, and you've gotten a nice improvement in performance. However, I'd still agree with Bill that the GTX 660 (non-Ti) is a better value (bang-for-the-buck) for Pr, especially if you have at least an overclockable quad-core Sandy or Ivy Bridge i5 CPU (i7 is better). 2GB of 192-bit GDDR5 RAM (versus 1GB of 128-bit GDDR5 RAM on the base GTX 650 Ti), 960 CUDA cores and 144.2 GB/s memory throughput - all for $80 (retail) more than the GTX 650 Ti.

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GammarikAuthor

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I have been looking at the 2 GB version of the 650 Ti, and i think that will be the one i'll go for, as a don't have the extra money for the 660. It should be a big enough jump from my 285, as it runs the games and premiere fine, but the driver crashes once in a while. Thank you all for the help and tips!

Have a nice day!

/gammarik

John T Smith

Community Expert

Would your 285 problems happen to be with the 306.97 driver?

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1084197

nVidia Hack http://forums.adobe.com/thread/629557 - which is a simple entry in a "supported cards" file

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GammarikAuthor

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Yes, but it ain't Premiere that is crashing. It is the whole driver.. I have already tried downgrading to the original drivers, but it still crashes. Not as much, but sometimes. Would this hack make AMD cards work too? Just curious

John T Smith

Community Expert

Some AMD cards work with a Mac... no AMD card accelerates with Windows

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/773101

Bill GehrkeCorrect answer

Inspiring

No, it is not on the list but yes, it would work. But my suggested minimum card is the GTX 660 which has 70% more memory bandwidth. I own a GTX 660 and it works very well with the small change to the Adobe "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file.