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December 4, 2025
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Why is GPU Performance greyed out in InDesign preferences?

  • December 4, 2025
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I noticed that InDesign has the option in my Preferences ► "GPU Performance" greyed out, so it cannot be selected. It also says "Compatible GPU and Monitor not detected". Underneath in the section "GPU Details", it recognises the RTX 3070 Ti correctly. Since Windows 11 now handles GPU Performance (not Nvidia), I did select "High Performance" for the correct indesign.exe file within the Windows 11 Graphics settings.   

- I am using InDesign Version 21.0.2
- I reset the InDesign preferences
- GPU is NVIDIA GeForce RTX070 Ti with 8GB
- Windows 11 Pro
- Nvidia Studio Driver latest (updated today). 

In all other Adobe apps this is not a problem. It's only in InDesign (all versions). 

Any ideas?

Correct answer Red Point

I think I found the issue: The option is greyed out, if a display below 2K is used. Most likely, this is not a graphics compatibility issue, but a monitor issue. Interesting that this is only the case in Adobe InDesign. Together with the fact that InDesign still has no multi-threating support, this feels a bit strange.

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Red PointAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
December 4, 2025

I think I found the issue: The option is greyed out, if a display below 2K is used. Most likely, this is not a graphics compatibility issue, but a monitor issue. Interesting that this is only the case in Adobe InDesign. Together with the fact that InDesign still has no multi-threating support, this feels a bit strange.

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 4, 2025

That is indeed the reason it is grayed out. I have two 2K monitors and it works quite nicely.

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