Thomas Smet
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This sounds like a problem many of us are having when using the gpu enhanced mode. If you switch to the software only mode CS6 seems to be rock solid. Adobe is away of the problem and has stated they are working on it. I hope they are.
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Are you comparing a R3D file in one program to ProRes in another program? Not exactly a fair comparison is it?
Have you tried the same ProRes files in CS6? The only way you can really compare is to use the same material with a similar timeline setup.
I have also used FCPX and CS6 on my 17″ MBP and honestly both perform about the same give or take an effect here and there. Well at least when the gpu mode is working in CS6.
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Thanks for the response.
Tonight I was able to run CS6 for well over 2 hours without the gpu mode failing. I was mostly doing cuts and some audio EQ. I was also leaving it sit there for awhile and running other apps like Chrome to see if I could kill it. The GPU kept going strong.
See this post for more info:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/3/924646
Let me know if there are any other tests I could try or if you need any other info.
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Just ran CS6 with gpu mode on my 17″ and now was able to go for a good 2 hours without the performance dropping. I wasn’t adding filters this time and was mostly cutting with a bit of audio EQ and a few dissolves. I stopped editing and the gpu was still going strong. I’m now thinking it wasn’t so much a failure after X amount of time but a failure due to some odd combination of filters or just the gpu portion crashing randomly. In fact in almost every situation I was tinkering with gpu effects such as 3 way CC. It doesn’t always do it and today was messing around with CC for 45 minutes and didn’t kill the gpu. Then the next time the gpu dies after 30 minutes of minor use.
At this time I’m thinking it is more of a random crash of the gpu portion of the application when the gpu effects are being adjusted. It doesn’t always happen but that seems to be when it can happen.
Overall I am very happy with the gpu performance in CS6 and look forward to when these gpu crashes can be fixed. For now I have a solid workflow.
use gpu until the gpu mode gives out. Then either switch to cpu mode or restart CS6. If it gets too annoying I can just use cpu for now. It also seems like I may be able to use gpu for most of my cutting and minor assemble of my projects and can expect the gpu to only have problems once I start getting into heavy CC. I do most of my heavy effects work in AE anyway so CC seems to be the only area where I could run into problems.
I do look forward to a fix in the future however and I know eventually we will get there. As a developer myself I totally understand how hard it is to shift gears and start with a new technology and try to bring it up to the same level of performance as the existing technology.
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It is turned off. Didn’t make a difference.
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No I mean after about 30 to 60 minutes the gpu performance falls off a cliff and even at 1/4 res I can only get every fourth frame for playback. If I manually change to the software mode it works fine after that. I can also save my project, shut down CS6 and open my project again and the gpu acceleration will work again for another 30 to 60 minutes. At that time I can rinse and repeat. Either switch to software mode or shut down CS6 and open again.
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Under the energy saver setting I have the automatic graphics switching turned off. That was the first thing I tried when I tried CS6 on Monday.
I do have:
put hard drives to sleep when possible checked
Wake for network access checked
Automatically reduce brightness before turning display off checked
And the Display set to go to sleep at 1 hour.Every time the gpu fails however I am actively tinkering with gpu effects or editing so no part of the system is going to sleep as far as I know.
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For fun just launched CS6 fresh and tried beating it up in gpu mode with tinkering with filters. Could not break the gpu mode so I’m back to thinking it just dies after 30 to 60 minutes of use with the gpu mode. Restarting CS6 seems to fix it every time. I am also always able to switch from gpu to cpu mode once the gpu mode croaks.
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Sure do.
17″ MBP 2.2Ghz
AMD 6750 1024MB
Works great for 30 to 60 minutes much faster then software mode then all of a sudden gpu mode plummets until I restart CS6. Software mode is flawless even if I switch to it from gpu mode after the gpu mode stops working after 30+ minutes.
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No problems here either. In fact I don’t really notice anything faster or slower after the update.