Graphics card for a Photoshop PC

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December 21, 2024
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I'd like a new PC (yes I know you all use Macs!) for Photoshop (PS in particular but I also record in Cubase so it has to be dual purpose). My choice of graphics card is the RTX 4060Ti 16Gb but reading some tests the 4070Ti Super 16Gb has noticeably faster performance at some tasks as it has more cores and bandwidth. Is that performance that Photoshop could use though to make it worth the extra money (£400 more in the UK)? Does anyone have any real world experience of these cards?

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Ged_Traynor

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@Graham-Moore "yes I know you all use Macs!" no we don't, MAC's are way to expensive in comparison to the price of a Windows PC, Windows PC's are easier and cheaper to upgrade too

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Graham-MooreAuthor

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Haha! I was expecting everyone to reply ‘Get a Mac’!

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D Fosse

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In the laptop market you could make a case, for reasons unrelated to the OS platform as such. But not for workstations.

I'm not concerned with prices. I'm concerned with reliability and keeping the machine operational.

The GPU is nowadays the most critical component for Photoshop. A discrete GPU gives you full flexibility, not just in configuration, but in troubleshooting and bug-fixing if you should get problems. Not that it's likely to happen, the RTX's are rock solid. At most, you may hit a buggy driver version, which you can update or roll back. But if you're hit by GPU bugs on a Mac, yes, it happens in equal measure there too, there is absolutely nothing you can do, except hope that some future MacOS update will fix it.

D Fosse

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No, we certainly don't all use Macs 🙂 The numbers for Adobe applications have always been roughly 50/50 Win/Mac.

The question is actually pretty easy to answer. The obvious sweet spot is RTX 4060. It performs excellently with Photoshop, while not being particularly expensive.

Yes, the higher model numbers are faster in some respects, but if you're looking at return on investment, it's doubtful that it's worth the considerably higher cost. Mind you, that's for Photoshop. For other uses and applications the break point will be different.

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Graham-MooreAuthor

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I must admit I was thinking along those lines. I also think Cubase would be perfectly happy with the 4060Ti too as the system would have to be dual purpose but Photoshop would be the deciding factor.
Thanks!

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