CS6 PrPro performance on MacBook

[Alex Gerulaitis]

650M is supported by Pr 6.02/03, so I’d just confirm you have “MPE GPU acceleration” in project settings, and if so, you’re all set.

Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Engineer
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA

[Tero Ahlfors]

The acceleration should be on by default if you have a supported card in your system. Check the project settings like Alex said.

[Alan Stephens]

I checked the project settings but it is greyed out. I says “Mercury playback engine software only”
How can I enable it?
It does however have very good playback in real time at 1/2 rez setting. I took a clip and applied a B&W filter to the background then key framed a blur. At the same time I over layed another clip at half size applied a bevel and keyframed motion across the screen and it all plays smooth.
At full rez playback it does stutter. This seems pretty good for a MacBook!

Alan Stephens

[Alex Gerulaitis]

What version Premiere Pro (6.0? 6.03?), NVidia CUDA driver are you running?

[Alan Stephens]

I am running PrPro 6.0.0
CUDA 5.0.36 however when I checked I noticed an update is available.
After running the update I now have CUDA 5.0.37
The render option is still greyed out, but I can’t complain about the performance. It is great!
So I can assume its working at its best?

Alan Stephens

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Alan Stephens] “I am running PrPro 6.0.0”

Update CS. Premiere Pro should be 6.03.

Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Engineer
DV411 – Los Angeles, CA

[Alan Stephens]

OK no that I have updated PRPro & the Nvidia driver I can access the menu drop down.
Which of the 3 options is best for my system?
I would guess CUDA.

Alan Stephens

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Alan Stephens] “I would guess CUDA.”

You got it!

[Alan Stephens]

Updating software and drivers solved this inquiry.

Thanks for your help!

Alan Stephens