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June 3, 2025
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Using Lightroom classic with nothing else open and it constantly spins and Im having to wait for it after each modification. Slows down when moving mouse around

specs:

1TB

4GB Graphics Radeon RX 580

32 gb RAM

AMD Ryzen 5 4600 3.7 ghz

Windows

Correct answer AxelMatt

Unfortunately you haven't given us any information about your system. Therefore, all proposed solutions are a look into the crystal ball

First please look here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html There you'll find a lot of tips for a better performance.

Your type of graphic card was released 8 years ago and meets only the minimum system requirements.

You don't wrote about the Lightroom version that you've installed, but the recent versions of LR needs a powerful graphic device to run efficiently.

Please provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the LrC Help > System Info menu item. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post.

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chad_6269Author

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Besides looking at the min requirements. What would you all suggest for GPU, ram, HD etc?

dj_paige

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Besides looking at the min requirements. What would you all suggest for GPU, ram, HD etc?

By @chad_6269

GPU and CPU: get the most powerful you can afford. And if your budget is very restricted, that's a problem.

RAM 16 MB is fine for LrC, but you may need more if you are running other programs.

HD as much storage as you need for your current and future (let's say 3-5 years) storage of photos. SSD for the catalog; any old HD for the photos.

AxelMatt

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RAM 16 MB is fine for LrC, but you may need more if you are running other programs.
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By @dj_paige

@dj_paige I think it must 16 GB.

In my opinion 16 GB are the absolute minimum. Anything less doesn't make sense.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

dj_paige

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I think @AxelMatt has pinpointed the problem. You hardware is old. If you are running recent versions of Lightroom Classic you will need much more powerful CPU and much more powerful GPU.

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ExUSA

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And consider high-speed storage as well. Putting the catalog and images on Thunderbolt or USB 4 SSDs will help considerably compared to slower USB 3 spinning hard drives. A newer system will have some flavor of USB-C/Thunderbolt built in.

dj_paige

Legend

LrC Develop Module is not very dependent on disk speed. Certainly, when the OP says he has problems even moving the mouse around after each development, this isn't disk related at all.

AxelMatt

Correct answer

Community Expert

Unfortunately you haven't given us any information about your system. Therefore, all proposed solutions are a look into the crystal ball

First please look here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html There you'll find a lot of tips for a better performance.

Your type of graphic card was released 8 years ago and meets only the minimum system requirements.

You don't wrote about the Lightroom version that you've installed, but the recent versions of LR needs a powerful graphic device to run efficiently.

Please provide a copy of your 'System Info'. This can be get from the LrC Help > System Info menu item. There's a copy button in the System Info dialog. Press this button and paste the info into your next forum post.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

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Lightroom Classic version: 14.3.1 [ 202505061331-b063faef ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 11 - Home Premium Edition
Version: 11.0.26100
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 12
Processor speed: 3.6GHz
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
CPU Utilisation: 2.0%
Power Source: Plugged In
Built-in memory: 28561.8 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 2598.1MB / 4074.9MB (63%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 28561.8 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 3856.6 MB (13.5%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 6753.5 MB
GDI objects count: 850
USER objects count: 2445
Process handles count: 2725
Memory cache size: 288.0MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 17.3.1 [ 2227 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 966MB / 14280MB (6%)
Camera Raw real memory: 1101MB / 28561MB (3%)

Cache1:
Final1- RAM:832.0MB, VRAM:1096.0MB, 401A3430-HDR.dng
NT- RAM:832.0MB, VRAM:1096.0MB, Combined:1928.0MB

Cache2:
m:288.0MB, n:494.2MB

U-main: 100.0MB

System DPI setting: 144 DPI (high DPI mode)
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Standard Preview Size: 3840 pixels
Displays: 1) 3840x2160
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:
DirectX: Radeon RX 580 Series (31.0.12027.9001)
Init State: GPU for Image Processing supported by default
User Preference: Auto
Enable HDR in Library: OFF