02Aug The GTX 670 4GB for CS5.5
Sometimes the used prices on Amazon are just a reduced cost item with over priced shipping charges. So I checked the seller and found out that it was an Amazon warehouse deal. The GTX 670 is only about 5% slower then the GTX 680 and about 40% faster then the GTX 570 2.5GB card I had settled on. I was about to spend $330 on the GTX 570 so why not spend an extra $29 to upgrade to a card with almost twice the performance and even faster rendering times?
Hopefully the GTX 670 wont show up broken or damaged. I’ve had pretty good luck with Amazon’s warehouse deals and the fast prime shipping did help. Once the card shows up, I’ll have to hack the GPU files for CS5.5 to work with the GTX 670. Then I can run some rendering tests between the GTX 285 and GTX 670 to see how much of a gain my $359 actually bought me.
Combine that with the Catleap monitor that finally made it through customs last night and my editing workstation should start feeling snappy again. I’ll keep you posted.
August 10th, 2012 at 5:12 am
I’m planning on buying the same card, for use with CS5.5
But i don’t find any information about compatibility with the mercury engine (and CUDA) and that card.
I know the card is compatible with CS6 but i don’t want to upgrade. What are your experiences with that combination?
August 10th, 2012 at 7:04 am
To get the card working with CS5.5 you just need to add the line GeForce GTX 670 to the cuda_supported_cards.txt. You can find the file in:
Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 folder
If you get lost here’s the full guide for unofficial cards. Just the little bit of time I’ve spent using the GTX 670 with CS5.5 it’s seems to be about 2/3 faster then my older GTX 285 in rendering. A 2 pass h.264 file used to render in about double the real time playback, now it renders in almost real time.
The GTX 285 could handle 1/2 quality with 10 clips in the time line with no problems but would start to chock if you switched to full res playback or added allot of effects. The GTX 670 handles full res playback of the same timeline with no problems. The biggest thing for me is that it uses less power and takes up less space in my case. My system has been running about 10 degrees cooler will rendering.
August 11th, 2012 at 4:34 am
Thanks.
Ordering right now!