Slow Encoding in Premiere Pro CS5

Hey there,
I'm working with Adobe Media Encoder 5.0.1 (CS5), and I've found that it encodes very slowly (taking hours to encode 15 minutes of very simple video cuts). Looking over my system's performance, my hard drive isn't impacted at all (it has a dedicated hard drive for video production), and my memory still has 4GB free (20 GB in use). The only resource I'm hurting on is CPU (it's using 100% of my quad-core i7-4820K with hyperthreading turned on). From what I understand, I can't use NVIDIA CUDA to encode.
I suspect that my preset settings are the problem. The original format is MPEG-2 (NLE) at 29.97 FPS. I'm encoding to H.264 (HDTV 720p 29.97 FPS). Render at maximum depth is turned on and frame blending is turned off (let me know if there's a better way to preserve the original quality of the video). It's just the present, and no other alterations. Should I be using any other encoding before importing it into Premiere Pro? Should I use another present when exporting?
Thanks for your time,
Gareth
PS: What is the lowest version of Premiere Pro that uses CUDA for encoding? Thanks!

You provide very little information, so...
A link with many ideas about computer setup http://forums.adobe.com/thread/436215?tstart=0
Work through all of the steps (ideas) listed at http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed after you follow all of the steps, report back with ALL OF THE DETAILS asked for in the FINALLY section, the questions at the end of the troubleshooting link... most especially the codec used... see Question 1
Also... nVidia has MANY card driver versions, not all of which are 100% good with CS5... at least for Win7 64bit
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