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[Windows 11 Pro] What graphics card of choice within a $2000 desktop computer?

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June 17, 2024
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Hi there!

What would be the best graphics card in a $2000 Windows 11 Pro desktop computer which will be used heavily with Photoshop, Illustrator and Dimension?

Thanx a lot!

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Sandra_Student

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Can I ask the same question about running photoshop and lightroom (at the same time). Want a new windows system under $2K. Would the same configuration you're talking about here - work for those applications?

Im concerned about the RTX 4060 Ti . Maybe an unnecessary concern???

(sorry to hijack the message)

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RjL190365

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My view on the RTX 4060 Ti is based strictly on a performance to price ratio – in other words, value for the buck. Nothing more.

But if someone is happy with that level of performance, then I would not complain.

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Sandra_Student

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Thank you so much for the reply RjL190365!!! Just to make sure I have this straight...

This I understand: "4060 Ti good from a price per performance ratio"

but "if someone is happy with that level of performance" I'm not sure what that means. I'm way out of my league here. I just want a graphics card that will work with LR and Photoshop, at the same time, and will work, reliably, smoothly and at a reasonable speed, for a few years. Is the 4060 Ti a good choice? I would hate to buy a new machine and be stuck with the wrong graphics card. Thank you !!!

Warren Heaton

Community Expert

This should come in under $2,000:

14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700KF
32GB DDR5 RAM
2TB M.2 SSD
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Graphics

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RjL190365

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Warren,

That would have been one of my suggestions for a system that's relatively heavy on the CPU with a GPU that's just powerful enough not to seriously bottleneck the CPU.

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RjL190365

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Based on what I've read for Illustrator and Dimension (although I do know that Photoshop does make some use of a good GPU), you absolutely do not have to go whole hog on the GPU. For a PC at that total cost, since none of your intended programs utilize CUDA for GPU acceleration except for certain third-party plugins, my recommendation would be for a GPU that delivers better OpenCL performance for a given price point.

That said, I'd recommend spending as much as one-fourth of your total system budget just for a GPU. And this means that for the aforementioned programs I'd recommend an AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT for a build of that total cost. Alternatively, I'd recommend an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER if you're also going to be running Premiere Pro and/or After Effects on that PC. I do not recommend an RTX 4060 Ti as it is significantly slower than an RTX 4070 SUPER while costing only slightly less money (for the 16 GB version).

KlаusAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you for your feedback, John and RjL!

Regarding a GPU of around $500, it is not only speed what I want but also (and even more important) smooth compatibility in connection with the before mentioned Adobe apps.

My current GPU, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, tends to produce some display glitches when working in Illustrator which big zoom factors (under Windows 10, that is). For more than 10 years before that, I was using an NVIDIA Quadro 2000, which practically never showed such behaviour.

John T Smith

Community Expert

nVidia with the Studio (not gaming) driver is recommended for video editing... you aren't asking about Premiere Pro so I don't know if AMD will work as well

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