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Austin Fox
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July 16, 2019
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Need Recommendations for a New Graphics Card

  • July 16, 2019
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I want to replace my graphics card with one that will reliably work with CC Lightroom and Photoshop.

I currently run an AMD Radeon R9 200 that seems to choke and crash the system when running Lightroom and only when running Lightroom.

It will run OK if I keep "Use Graphics Processor" in Performance/Preferences OFF. Performance is degraded somewhat, but hardly noticeable. Unfortunately, every time Lightroom is updated, "Use Graphics Processor" gets turned back ON and my system starts crashing again until I remember I have to go in and turn it off manually.

My system is a Windows 10, 64 bit. It is primarily used for post processing, Internet, and the usual Microsoft Office apps.  I am not a gamer.

Is there a list of recommended graphics cards or does anyone have one they could recommend?

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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July 17, 2019

The current situation with Lightroom is that the graphics processor is of little help to Lightroom as it is used only to boost shuffling display data from one corner to an other. The overhead of this is considerable so that "use of the graphics processor" is only recommended for high resolution monitors (4k+).

You should however know that Lightroom is very resource intensive and that the use of graphics power for other uses is only a matter of time.

Having stability issues with Lightroom may point to a hardware problem, it may also be that you need to upgrade or downgrade your drivers.

See also here: Adobe Lightroom GPU Troubleshooting and FAQ

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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    pz0r56
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    July 17, 2019

    An interesting thought about downgrading the driver.  To date, I have kept the video drivers updated. The problem I have has existed through several updates, but was not an issue initially.  It might be worth trying to reinstall its original driver.

    Abambo
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    AbamboCommunity Expert
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    July 17, 2019

    Drivers of the "cheaper" cards are very often games optimised. That's not always good for our business. It's a difficult trade off...

    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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    Anonymous
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    July 17, 2019

    Hi

    I don't use Lightroom but found this article

    https://photographylife.com/gpu-acceleration-in-lightroom

    There's also these

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Lightroom-Classic-CC-2019-Enhanced-Details-GPU-Performance-1366/

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Lightroom-Classic-CC-141/Hardware-Recommendations

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      pz0r56
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      July 17, 2019

      Thank you, Ged.  Your lead article confirms what I'm experiencing. In my case, I have no burning need for the GPU and should find a video card without it or just remember to keep that option off whenever Adobe pushes an update to Lightroom.  I must assume that since my system has a GPU, the Lightroom update must automatically turn that on during the update process.

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