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January 6, 2026
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Zoom Pan lag with multiple GPU

  • January 6, 2026
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This bug has been around for years, it got much worse the last 12 months. The problem is Illustrator cannot detects and uses a specific GPU like other GPU accelerated programs do, Blender for example. 

 

My setup is a Dell Precision 5690 (Ultra 7 16H and RTX ADA 3500 12GB VRAM) connected to a Dell Thunderbolt docking station. So in addition to dedicated GPU, both CPU and docking station have built-in GPU. Illustrator seems to be using whichever it detects first and ignore the rest. In my case, it would be the one from Dell dockting station which has zero VRAM. 

 

Adobe, please fix this already!!

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Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 6, 2026

Hello @46988165,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind performing a clean reinstallation of the GPU(s) drivers (Intel / NVIDIA / AMD) and setting the Graphics Preference to High-Performance for Illustrator (https://adobe.ly/4bsueH8) and checking if it helps?

If the problem persists, we'd need some more information to be able to help you with this scenario:

1. AiSniffer file:

- Close all Adobe applications.

- Navigate to the Illustrator Preferences folder and copy the AiSniffer file to the desktop from this location: 

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 30 Settings\en_US\x64\

 

2. For the System Report, kindly follow these steps:

- Please press Windows Key + the letter "R" on your keyboard to bring up the Run command window

- Type "msinfo32" in the Open field and left-click OK

- While viewing the Microsoft System Information summary, go to File, then choose Save (Please do not use Export)

- Save your MSINFO32 report as "msinfo32.nfo" on your desktop to easily locate it after. It can take up to a minute to generate a report.

 

Kindly upload the files to Google Drive/Dropbox/etc and share a public link here or via DM so that we can investigate this further.

 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav