Comments on: Debunking Mercury Myths http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad/2010/03/debunking_mercury_myths.html On the Road with Production Premium, Dynamic Media, and Karl Soule. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:29:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Karl Soule http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad/2010/03/debunking_mercury_myths.html#comment-654 Karl Soule Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:52:31 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoaddev/2010/03/debunking_mercury_myths.html#comment-654 Hi Mannie,

Wow! That’s a powerful system!

The GPU acceleration is an optional component to run Premiere Pro – you’ll get great performance with your existing video card. However, if you use effects like 3-way color correction, positioning, scaling, etc, you’ll definitely benefit from the GPU Acceleration. This requires an Nvidia-brand video card. There’s an updated list of cards for both Mac and PC here: http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

]]> By: Mannie http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoad/2010/03/debunking_mercury_myths.html#comment-649 Mannie Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:51:36 +0000 http://blogs.adobe.com/VideoRoaddev/2010/03/debunking_mercury_myths.html#comment-649 Hi Karl
I’m still very confused about which video card to use – I’m switching from FCP7 to APPro – here’s my system config& perhaps you can steer me in the correct direction;

MacPro 3,1 – Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz 8core with 20GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5870 video card GPU w/ 1 GB VRAM
Two 23″ Apple HD Cinema Displays

When I’m in Adobe PremPro CS5.5 and looking at the properties of the Set-Up for a project – the area where I would be able to activae the GPU is greyed out !

I have asked Apple Genius & they have no answer for me. I’ver searched the WWW for hardware configurations – I’m lost man.

I need to get the correct Video Card to take full advantage of the GPU & Adobe Prem Pro CS5.5 – can you help me please?

Thanks in advance.

Best,

Mannie

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