Cineform Files – Software
Total Time- 3min 30sec
No Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Export Time No Filters – 4min 17sec
Filter CPU Playback Quality – Red/Few Stutters
Filter List – Gaussian Blur(47), Sharpen(43), Fast Color Corrector, Tint(100), Noise(16)
Export Time Filters – 7min 17sec

Cineform Files – MPE
Total Time- 3min 30sec
No Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Export Time No Filters – 4min 22sec
Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Filter List – Gaussian Blur(47), Sharpen(43), Fast Color Corrector, Tint(100), Noise(16)
Export Time Filters – 4min 49sec

Cineform Files – CS4
Total Time- 3min 30sec
Filter CPU Playback Quality – RedStutters
Filter List – Gaussian Blur(47), Sharpen(43), Fast Color Corrector, Tint(100), Noise(16)
Export Time Filters – 15min 32sec

5D Mark II Files – Software
Total Time- 3min 30sec
No Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Export Time No Filters – 3min 42sec
Filter CPU Playback Quality – Red/Few Stutters
Filter List – Gaussian Blur(47), Sharpen(43), Fast Color Corrector, Tint(100), Noise(16)
Export Time Filters – 6min 40sec

5D Mark II Files – MPE
Total Time- 3min 30sec
No Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Export Time No Filters – 3min 40sec
Filter CPU Playback Quality – Yellow/Smooth
Filter List – Gaussian Blur(47), Sharpen(43), Fast Color Corrector, Tint(100), Noise(16)
Export Time Filters – 4min 17sec

Cineform Conclusions

No Filters – No Difference
Filters 34% less time using MPE (437sec vs 289sec)
69% less time using CS5 MPE vs CS4 (289sec vs 932sec)

5D Mark II Conclusions
No Filters – No Difference
Filters 36% less time using MPE (400sec vs 257sec)

Step 1. Go to the Premiere CS5 installation folder.
Step 2. Find the file “GPUSniffer.exe” and run it in a command prompt (cmd.exe). You should see something like that:

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Device: 00000000001D4208 has video RAM(MB): 896
Device: 00000000001D4208 has video RAM(MB): 896
Vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
Renderer string: GeForce GTX 295/PCI/SSE2
Version string: 3.0.0

OpenGL version as determined by Extensionator…
OpenGL Version 2.0
Supports shaders!
Supports BGRA -> BGRA Shader
Supports VUYA Shader -> BGRA
Supports UYVY/YUYV ->BGRA Shader
Supports YUV 4:2:0 -> BGRA Shader
Testing for CUDA support…
Found 2 devices supporting CUDA.
CUDA Device # 0 properties -
CUDA device details:
Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3
Total Video Memory: 877MB
CUDA Device # 1 properties -
CUDA device details:
Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3
Total Video Memory: 877MB
CUDA Device # 0 not choosen because it did not match the named list of cards
Completed shader test!
Internal return value: 7
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If you look at the last line it says the CUDA device is not chosen because it’s not in the named list of card. That’s fine. Let’s add it.

Step 3. Find the file: “cuda_supported_cards.txt” and edit it and add your card (take the name from the line: CUDA device details: Name: GeForce GTX 295 Compute capability: 1.3
So in my case the name to add is: GeForce GTX 295

Step 4. Save that file and we’re almost ready.
Step 5. Go to your Nvidia Drivercontrol panel (im using the latest 197.45) under “Manage 3D Settings”, Click “Add” and browse to your Premiere CS5 install directory and select the executable file: “Adobe Premiere Pro.exe”
Step 6. In the field “multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration” switch from “multiple display performance mode” to “compatibilty performance mode”
Step 7. That’s it. Boot Premiere and go to your project setting / general and activate CUDA

So far, this works with a 295 and 260 cards.  Hopefully someone with a new 480/470 cards can try this method as well.

Big thanks to Martin Guitar for finding this.