How do I know if I have Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)?

To anyone who can help,
BACKGROUND
I am new to Premiere Pro and just started my first project on CC 2014.  A tutorial recommended I select 'Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)' over 'Mercury Playback Engine Software Only' in the VIDEO AND RENDERING section of the PROJECT SETTINGS window.  Since the former option isn't grayed out, I'm assuming I have both to choose from, however, when I select 'Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL), only the audio will play back in my source window; the video no longer plays back.
HARDWARE
I am on an (early 2008) Mac Pro desktop with two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors, and two ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics cards.
I am running OS X 10.9.5.
QUESTIONS
1.  Is there a way to figure out if I actually have this 'Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)' thing?
2.  Is opting for 'Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (OpenCL)' over 'Mercury Playback Engine Software Only' (the default) really even going to make a noticeable difference in how my 1080p 24 fps movie is rendered?
Thanks in advance to any advice offered!
Shaun

I am not realy a mac person but Premiere can only use one graphics card. Can you disable one of the cards.
Might want to read this on how MPE works:
CUDA, Mercury Playback Engine, and Adobe Premiere Pro « Premiere Pro work area

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