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If you are running latest CC2014 on Mac there are issues with GPU acceleration. Try disbling it.

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Nodelocked uses a software key that is locked to a certain machine ( reads its hardware serial number) and can only be changed by contacting the vendor

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After some more testing it appears that the problem is isolated to Speedgrade Looks, where GPU acceleration WORSENS performance.
In all other instances of layering and effects handling, I get a substantial benefit from GPU acceleration with the GTX680.

BTW I am impressed with the overall performance gains of PrP CC2014 – it is at least twice as fast as CC.

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Seems faster on 3 year old MacBookPro. Like the new tools.

But did manage to crash the whole machine. (this might have been an FxFactory issue)…

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FYI – you can edit your post to fix typos…

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After updating tp the latest version of Mavericks Server, I have not run into the SMB2 problems again.

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For Mac users (and there are a substantial number of us in the video industry) – a solution with LTO and BRU PE works like a charm…

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AVID does not like Premiers flavour of DnxHD though. Will not import natively.

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We use the GTX680 card with Mountain Lion, but are not so impressed with performance compared to the stock 5770. Is there a speed benefit for the 680 with Mavericks – maybe Apple has improved the driver?

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We are only a 3 suite facility, but switched directly from FCP7 to PP CC last fall. It has been an easy transition.

First of all, setup your keyboard shortcuts in Premiere to match FCP7 layout, and you will feel at home very quick. Premiere lets you work with bins and sequences in the same way as FCP, and you can work with shared storage in the same way. Premiere will give you performance benefits if your hardware is fast.
Other benefits are great integration with Audition and After Effects – and soon also great integration with Speedgrade.

There are a few non-benefits: You cannot open multiple projects in separate tabs, but can import bins and sequences from within other projects. Also even though the Media Manager gives you an option to save a trimmed project, it does not work with all codecs, and cannot transcode to another codec in this process.

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