How to make Premiere CS5 work with GTX 295 and possibly all 200 GPUs

[Martin Guitar]

I figured out how to activate CUDA acceleration without a GTX 285 or Quadro... I'm pretty sure it should work with other 200 GPUs. Note that i'm using 2 monitors and there's a extra tweak to play with CUDA seamlessly with 2 monitors.

Here are the steps:

Step 1. Go to the Premiere CS5 installation folder.
Step 2. Find the file "GPUSniffer.exe" and run it in a command prompt (cmd.exe). You should see something like that:
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Device: 00000000001D4208 has video RAM(MB): 896
Device: 00000000001D4208 has video RAM(MB): 896
Vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer string: GeForce GTX 295/PCI/SSE2
Version string: 3.0.0

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...
OpenGL Version 2.0
Supports shaders!
Supports BGRA -> BGRA Shader
Supports VUYA Shader -> BGRA
Supports UYVY/YUYV ->BGRA Shader
Supports YUV 4:2:0 -> BGRA Shader
Testing for CUDA support...
Found 2 devices supporting CUDA.
CUDA Device # 0 properties -
CUDA device details:
Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3
Total Video Memory: 877MB
CUDA Device # 1 properties -
CUDA device details:
Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3
Total Video Memory: 877MB
CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because it did not match the named list of cards
Completed shader test!
Internal return value: 7
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If you look at the last line it says the CUDA device is not chosen because it's not in the named list of card. That's fine. Let's add it.

Step 3. Find the file: "cuda_supported_cards.txt" and edit it and add your card (take the name from the line: CUDA device details: Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3

So in my case the name to add is: GeForce GTX 295

Step 4. Save that file and we're almost ready.

Step 5. Go to your Nvidia Driver control panel (im using the latest 197.45) under "Manage 3D Settings", Click "Add" and browse to your Premiere CS5 install directory and select the executable file: "Adobe Premiere Pro.exe"

Step 6. In the field "multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration" switch from "multiple display performance mode" to "compatibilty performance mode"

Step 7. That's it. Boot Premiere and go to your project setting / general and activate CUDA

Hope this helps ;)

[Mark Leonard]

wow...how bout anyone with a new fermi and cs5 try and see if this trick works with the new cards :P

[David Dwyer]

Doesnt seem to work with the Quadro fx 3700.

EDIT

I get not choosen because 765 are required and 465 present.

Can someone test it with a GTX 280?

[Martin Guitar]

It works great. I have 4 Canon 5D H.264 clips scaled, 1 with opacity at 50%, drop shadow and keyframed position and 1 clip accelerated by 200% and my CPU is running at 35%

The only issue i have is when i alt-tab to desktop or another application and come back in Premiere the playback is not as smooth. Does people with GTX 285 experience this too?

[David Dwyer]

Device: 000000000065EC28 has video RAM(MB): 5
Device: 0000000000624118 has video RAM(MB): 512
Vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer string: Quadro FX 3700/PCI/SSE2
Version string: 3.0.0

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...
OpenGL Version 3.0
Supports shaders!
Supports BGRA -> BGRA Shader
Supports VUYA Shader -> BGRA
Supports UYVY/YUYV ->BGRA Shader
Supports YUV 4:2:0 -> BGRA Shader
Testing for CUDA support...
Found 1 devices supporting CUDA.
CUDA Device # 0 properties -
CUDA device details:
Name: Quadro FX 3700 Compute capability: 1.1
Total Video Memory: 495MB
CUDA driver version: 3000
CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because 765MB are required, and 495MB are present.
Completed shader test!
Internal return value: 7

Can anything be done about mine?

[Martin Guitar]

I don't think so because of the video ram.

It says:

Total Video Memory: 495MB
CUDA driver version: 3000
CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because 765MB are required, and 495MB are present.

Apparently they require 765mb minimum based on the results.

[Randy Johnson]

please excuse my DOS ignorance but how can I run GPUsniffer under a command prompt?

[Martin Guitar]

Originally Posted by Randy Johnson

please excuse my DOS ignorance but how can I run GPUsniffer under a command prompt?

Go to Start>Run and type: cmd

Then if you don't know how to navigate folders using DOS just drag the file from the windows explorer into that CMD window and you can just press enter from there.

[Randy Johnson]

Thanks for the info.
This is what I get.


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\edit 2>"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\GPUSniffer.exe"
Device: 0000000000660928 has video RAM(MB): 1024
Vendor string: Microsoft Corporation
Renderer string: GDI Generic
Version string: 1.1.0

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...
OpenGL Version 1.1
DOES NOT support shaders!
Use basic OpenGL (aka CPU mode) only!
Use basic OpenGL (aka CPU mode) only!
Completed shader test!
Internal return value: 7

C:\Users\edit 2>"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\GPUSniffer.exe"
Device: 00000000002A0978 has video RAM(MB): 1024
Vendor string: Microsoft Corporation
Renderer string: GDI Generic
Version string: 1.1.0

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator...
OpenGL Version 1.1
DOES NOT support shaders!
Use basic OpenGL (aka CPU mode) only!
Use basic OpenGL (aka CPU mode) only!
Completed shader test!
Internal return value: 7

C:\Users\edit 2>

[David Dwyer]

You don't have a Nvidia graphics card Randy?

[Brant Gajda]

Going to try with my nVidia 260 card. Will let you know. Thanks Martin.

Update

It worked. I had to restart my computer because I couldn't get video to play back.

I added 4 filters: B&W, Noise, Sharpen, and Faster Color Corrector and the render bar is still yellow. AWESOME WORK.

Hopefully someone with a 480 can chime in. I really want to purchase it.

[David Dwyer]

Originally Posted by Brant Gajda

Going to try with my nVidia 260 card. Will let you know. Thanks Martin.

It does work with the GTX 260 so have fun testing and please let us know your results with MPE enabled and disabled.

[Randy Johnson]

of course I do. I have a gts-250 pny.

[Brant Gajda]

Originally Posted by David Dwyer

It does work with the GTX 260 so have fun testing and please let us know your results with MPE enabled and disabled.

Software acceleration I'm running 80% cpu usage. With Mercury enabled, I'm running 50-55%. Can't wait to get a 480.

[David Dwyer]

Originally Posted by Randy Johnson

of course I do. I have a gts-250 pny.

Do you have the latest drivers installed?

Is the card shown in Windows Device manager?

The GPUsniifer is reading it properly thats all.