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July 10, 2023
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Older iMac graphics card compatibility with CC 2023

  • July 10, 2023
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I have a 2019 iMac, OS Monterey, and considering upgrading to 16 GB ram to do high-end graphics with CC 2023 apps. However, not sure if its graphics card can handle the new apps, or if it will be painfully slow? The card is a Radeon Pro 570X 4 GB. Thanks for your help!

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Legend
July 10, 2023

It will be painfully slow. Older AMD GPUs simply do not work well at all with Premiere Pro; in fact, the 570X is not sufficiently faster than integrated on-CPU graphics to justify the added expense of one.

 

Worse, Adobe video editing apps such as Premiere and After Effects will choke badly on any GPU that hss less than 8 GB of VRAM (especially when called to render high-frame rate 4k or any 6k or higher video) because they are, relatively speaking, VRAM-intensive. And what will happen there is that the GPU acceleration will cut out completely in the middle of a rendering job due to the depletion of graphics RAM and force all rendering to the software-only (or CPU-only) mode for the remainder of the rendering.

Participant
July 11, 2023
Thank you! Very helpful! We don't do video, just graphics with PS, Illus, and ID. But I imagine it will be slow with those as well.

Wondering about upgrading the graphics card to a 580X 8 GB...?

New Mac systems (with the discontinuation of the pro iMac) are $4,000-plus!

Thanks again!
kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 11, 2023

check each app you want to use against adobe's suggestions, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

 

or just check against premiere pro, adobe's most demanding (or hardware) app.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2023

for sone apps it will be ok (eg, acrobat). for some (eg, premiere). it won't.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2023

It is on the list of recommended cards for Premiere Pro:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html#graphics-cards

 

EDIT: I guess that doesn't necesssarily mean it's OK for premiere Pro.

I stand corrected. @kglad  @RjL190365 

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 10, 2023

I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Video Hardware forum so that proper help can be offered.