Cuda_supported_cards.txt in CS5.5

I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 card that I was able to use with PP 5.0. I see it's not on the list of supported cards for 5.5 and the text file no longer exists.
Why doesn't Adobe support all high end and expensive NVIDIA cards? Has anyone found a new workaround?

Colin, Tks. Unfortunately I was not able to edit my post fast enough you responded so fast!
Let me clarify: I had purchased the GTX 470 not the 480. As you point out the 480 is not on the list, the GTX 470 is on the list.
I had specifically purchased the GTX 470 to comply with CS 5 standards when I purchased the upgrade last year. And I wanted to make sure it would still work with CS 5.5.
My statement that the 480 is supported at this time was incorrect and a mistake on my part.
Someone such as myself did not read this thread with the purpose of circumventing standards, but thinking that something had changed. I appreciate your info, and I do try to stay within recommended procedures.
The GTX 470 is what I have and it IS on the list of approved cards.
The point I was attempting to make was that the thread is useful not for the purpose of getting around recommended procedures, but for knowing what is required.
(Earlier, when I had first upgraded from CS4 to CS5 I was like many others stuck with a card not supported, and I can't tell you the relief when discovering the txt file revision capability (i.e "hack") which allowed me time to upgrade my system as I went. So I consider it a very good feature.)
Sorry to have added to the confusion.

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Step 2... Install GfxCardStatus and force your graphics (if using a laptop) to discrete card only   http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus
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--- OpenGL Info ---
2012-05-02 01:00:28.642 GPUSniffer[6661:2403] invalid drawable
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M OpenGL Engine
OpenGL Version: 2.1 NVIDIA-7.18.11
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   Shaders 422: 1
   Shaders 420: 1
2012-05-02 01:00:28.666 GPUSniffer[6661:2403] invalid drawable
Monitor 1 properties -
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   Max texture size: 8192
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   Shaders 444: 1
   Shaders 422: 1
   Shaders 420: 1
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CUDA Device 0 -
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   Driver: 4.02
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OpenCL Device 1 -
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   Driver: 1
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PS. It is a full 1080 pic so it is quite large...
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Very usefull! it worked perfectly on premiere cs6 on my macbook pro 2.8ghz with geforce gt 330m, Any suggestion for enabling ray traced 3d also in after effect? I inserted the geforce gt 330m on the after effect card list, but when i enable ray traced 3d the text in the comp disappear!
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Quadro 2000 (Windows)
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Quadro 4000M (Windows)
Quadro 5000 (Windows)
Quadro 5000M (Windows)
Quadro 5010M (Windows)
Quadro 6000 (Windows)
Quadro CX (Windows)
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Welcome to the forums!
It depends on what you mean by supported. If you mean can you use either of them then the answer is yes. The supported list is those cards specifically have been tested by Adobe and are listed in the "cuda_supported_cards.txt" file If you have another card you may have to add it to that file. If you take a look at the Premiere Pro BecnMark (PPBM5) you will see that many other cards are being used by people that have submitted their results,
The more important factors that you should consider is the number of CUDA cores and how much power your system can supply to this upgrade that you intend to do. The 470 has 448 CUDA cores and requires 215 watts. The 550 is of course a slightly new design but it is at the low end of the CUDA cores with only 192 cores but it only draws 116 watts. Either could require you to upgrade your power supply depending on how much spare power is available in your power supply.
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I am trying to turn on the mercury playback engine to use my graphic card (Geforce 9800 GT)
I have modified that cuda_supported_cards.txt using my graphic card name and when I tried to save it it says access denied
so I have copied that cuda_supported_cards.txt file to the desktop and modified it and replaced it back in to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 .
After all this the mercury engine with cuda is not turning on
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Device: 00000000001D4208 has video RAM(MB): 896
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Thanks, I checked out the search results of the link posted.
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-Roger Uzun
[email protected]

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c:program files\adobe\adobe premiere pro\ cs5gpusniffer.exe
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c:program files\adobe\adobe premiere pro cs5\cuda_supported_cards.txt the easy solution is to CUT and PASTE the name
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hope this is helpful to you....in reality a fairly broad range of CUDA enabled nVidia cards CAN be used with Mercury Hardware enabled.
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Enabling Mercury Playback engine for Premiere pro Cs5.5

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I am trying to turn on the mercury playback engine to use my graphic card (Geforce GTX 560Ti + 1gb Ram)
I have modified that cuda_supported_cards.txt using my graphic card name and when I tried to save it it says access denied
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After all this the mercury engine with cuda is not turning on
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Quadro 5000M (Windows)
Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
Quadro FX 4800 (Windows and Mac OS)
Quadro FX 5800 (Windows)
Quadro CX
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