Latest Premiere Update..heads up...cuda

Question

Latest Premiere Update..has probably knocked out your Cuda Hack and you need to edit the txt file again.
Note to myself: archive it.

Answer 1

While some off-list cards work OK reasonably and some of the newer cards work perfectly, there are real issues with instability and overheating for others. Adobe has a responsibility to sell software that performs as advertised (indeed in some territories it's a legal duty). By accepting all CUDA cards they would have no way to know if the GPU-accelerated features are actually working properly on a particular install and could be accused of false advertising - hence the use of the Adobve approved cards list (AACL). If a user wishes to override the limitation by hacking the file they are implicitly negating Adobe's warranty, so there's no liability if their card gets cooked or an export is corrupted. To make it onto the AACL, cards go through a very exhaustive set of tests; going through all the chipset numbers a few  variants may seem to have been forgotten but some just fail.
The reason for a text file moderating the AACL instead of something like a registry/plist entry or line in the preferences file is purely to make it simpler to do internal testing. The fact it opens up a route to apply hacks is a side effect.
shooternz wrote:
Why doesnt Adobe dump it !