Paul, Do you have a 4k monitor? If you don't, the GPU won't help LR performance much, if at all. In fact, it may actually reduce performance if you keep that option checked. (I don't know why the option doesn't persist. Do other Preferences stick?) Evidently that GPU is a relatively low-performance device. See here: Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU - Benchmarks and Specs - NotebookCheck.net Tech If LR runs fairly well without the GPU enabled, I personally wouldn't worry about it. Hal
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