In Adobe Photoshop 2026, enabling OpenCL causes severe UI stutter and brush lag, especially when using a drawing tablet.
CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X
RAM: 32GB 3600MT/s
GPU: Radeon RX 9060 XT
Driver Version: [26.2.2]
OS: Windows 11 Pro Version 10.0.26200 Build 26200
In Adobe Photoshop 2026, enabling OpenCL causes severe UI stutter and brush lag, especially when using a drawing tablet.
Symptoms:
UI freezes briefly when clicking with tablet
Windows ripple animation slows down
Brush strokes become jittery
Disabling OpenCL, and Windows Ink, and making a PSUserConfig.txt file and setting it to UseSystemStylus 0 in Photoshop completely resolves the issue
This appears to be an OpenCL driver instability specific to Photoshop’s GPU acceleration pipeline.