No Video Playback with GPU Acceleration CS6

Hi,

My story so far is as follows...

Laptop
Gigabyte P2532
i7 2.6
8gig RAM
GeForce GT 550M
Win 7 Pro 64
(not sure if any other specs are relevant...)


Install CS6
Cannot select GPU Acceleration because graphics card drivers are not up to date.

Download 301.42 Nvidia Drivers from Nvidia site.
Try to install drivers but got an error message "this graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware"
Research problem...find a solution...Modify driver .INF file and then the driver installs.

Open Premiere and GPU Acceleration is able to select however none of my video files will play...the program and source monitors stay black and audio plays through fine.
When I go back to "Software Only" then the video plays fine.

I have updated premiere aswell.

I really am not sure what is going on here! Please could somebody help!

Thanks!

Hi Tero, Thanks for that but i have done the "mod" and I can select GPU acceleration as mentioned in the post.

Hi Todd,

Thanks for the reply, so as far as I understand your message...the current card (GeForce GT 550M) I have will not work no matter what I try? I just needed clarity so that I could move on and stop trying to solve the problem.

My next option is to get a new system...
Have you tested the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1024MB?

I also have another system with a GeForce GTX 465 with 1gig DDR5...have you tested this card?

Thanks for the help!

Some cards work and some cards won't. I'm not having any trouble with my GTX260, but I'm probably upgrading at some point anyway.