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charlene
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November 23, 2016
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GTX 1060 for Photoshop

  • November 23, 2016
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I am considering getting a new graphic card for my rig, which is mainly for running Adobe programs for work. I'm thinking of getting a GTX 1060 card, and am wondering whether the 3G card is good enough. There are 6G cards but they seem to be mainly useful for gaming. I am currently running an old GTX465, so either new card should be an improvement.

Thoughts and suggestions appreciated!

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Correct answer Mylenium

Yepp, for the time being a 3GB card should still suffice. Even for AE it would be good enough, since usage of accelerated functions is limited even there. My main concern in your case would be compatibility with AI and ID, which are hyper-sensitive to specific card and driver issues with their GPU acceleration functions.

Mylenium

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Mylenium
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November 23, 2016

Any GPU functions PS uses are way too limited and/ or specific to show any advantages on higher memory cards. Most of the GPU power is brute force processing stuff, not so much shuffling around large buffers or mangling complex (vertex) lists that would require more RAM on the cards. For most standard operations it's pretty much irrelevant - you won't notice any difference. You would only see differences if you work with extremely high-res footage and use GPU accelerated filters or such. Of course there may be specific workflows, but that would require to explian them in order for anyone to gauge any potential benefits.

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charleneAuthor
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November 23, 2016

Thanks! I use PS, AI and ID mainly for 2D illustration and design work. I might consider using AE later but its not in my current workflow. I guess based on your reply, the 3G card would be good enough?

Mylenium
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Legend
November 23, 2016

Yepp, for the time being a 3GB card should still suffice. Even for AE it would be good enough, since usage of accelerated functions is limited even there. My main concern in your case would be compatibility with AI and ID, which are hyper-sensitive to specific card and driver issues with their GPU acceleration functions.

Mylenium

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