Adobe CS6, MacPro, and Nvidia Quadro 6000

[Thomas Moser]

Hi,

On my PC I suceeded enablin CUDA by jus adding “GeForce 9800 GT” in raytracer_supported_cards.txt in the adobe folder. Unfortunately not in Premiere. Adding my card in cuda_supported_cards.txt didnt help.
I started CMD, went in the adobe folder started the gpusniffer.exe
The last paragraph said that my 9800GT does not hold enough memory (only 512), but i suppose it works with any GPU that supports CUDA ( https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-gpus )and has enough memory (in Premiere at least 1GB I guess)

[Dara Yem]

I don’t think SLI’s is supported..last time I talk to Adobe rep CS 5.5 only support 1 GPU for Mercury Engine. I might be wrong maybe they do in CS6. I a have Mac Pro 3.1 and been using 1 EVGA GTX285 (this is the original Mac Edition) and pretty happy with it when I run CS6 and Resolve. I can’t complain i got it of Ebay for $150 and also I can play games on this card. I heard the Quadro isn’t really build for gaming. But if u got the budget why not Quad6000 and a Telsa card for the CUDA and Maximus Technology for CS6?

cheers!

[Dara Yem]

If u going to PC..you should check out HP Z820..that one beast and it certified by Adobe.

[Todd Kopriva]

> I don’t think SLI’s is supported..last time I talk to Adobe rep CS 5.5 only support 1 GPU for Mercury Engine.

That is correct. Premiere Pro will not use multiple GPUs for CUDA or OpenCL processing. (After Effects CS6 will for the GPU acceleration of the ry-traced 3D renderer.)

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[Todd Yonteck]

I have the GTX690 running in a Cubix expansion chassis with good success. The GTX690 failed as a primary GUI/GPU in Slot 1 of a 2008 MacPro. Conflicted with Apple Raid card.

GTX690 runs well with DaVinci Resolve. The card is seen by resolve as two GPUs as expected, plus the separate GUI shows up as well. With CS6, I enable the hacks for GPU text files and both Premiere and After Effects recognize the GTX690 and mercury playback is working well. I haven’t had any increase in CS6 program or system crashes with the hack. I can’t tell if both GPUs of the GTX690 are being used. But reading posts, it looks like Adobe only supports one GPU. Resolve/Mac OSX will support up to 3 GPUs and 1 GUI. I had been considering PCs for awhile after taking into account you can fill a Cubix expansion chassis with multiple GPUs and far exceed the limit of 3 on Macs.

As a an aside…I have maxed out my capability with the 2008 MacPro at this point. Not interested in buying a 12 core Mac when 16 core PCs are out there. Praying Apple comes through with a new MacPro next year, otherwise it is bye bye…Hello HP Z820…

TY