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szsoma
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August 16, 2017
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Slow Photoshop on Dell XPS 9560 4K

  • August 16, 2017
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Hi, I bought a new Dell XPS powerhouse with 4K display for work with Ps and Ai. It is an amazing machine, however these two software works very slow on my notebook.

It is very annoying and I can't do anyting with this. I also have high CPU usage, and warming. I tried this hack, but doesn't work. Both of them are GPU (gtx 1050) accelerated.
I did the same tests with Affinity Designer and it works fine. Please give me some advice about this, because it drives me crazy...

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    Correct answer szsoma

    Hi!
    I had to (clean) reinstall windows 10. The problem solved. Ps is working.

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    Pmayer71
    Participant
    November 15, 2017

    I had the same problem.

    XPS 9560 with 4K screen and 16GB of RAM. Slow as hell with LR 6.12. Windows 10 was factory installed (fresh).

    Here's what I found out: this laptop is simply not optimized for "heavy lifting".

    Basically:

    - Cooling is marginal. On my laptop, it meant that it would run at full speed (3.4Ghz, all 4 cores) for only about 20 seconds before it throtted back to 1.6Ghz due to overheating (Cpu reached 97C, then speed dropped). Had to wait a long while before temperature would go down and reach levels at which the Cpu could give me full speed again. Then only for about 15 seconds.

    Here's how I fixed it:

    Installed ThrottleStop (google it up).

    Then offset the Cpu and Cache voltage by -125mv. Save settings.

    That solved it: Cpu would no longer throttle and kept running at 3.4Ghz on all 4 cores, indefinitely without ever reaching over 87C (in a room at about 26C ambient temperature).

    System is stable and this has no risk of damaging hardware.

    Hope this helps other PS and LR users out there who are frustrated with the performance of their XPS 9560 laptop.

      Parafox2000
      Parafox2000
      Known Participant
      April 23, 2018

      Hi! I have similar issues and installed ThrottleStop but I'm a little overwhelmed by the settings - can you maybe provide a screenshot which options I have to tweak regarding "Then offset the Cpu and Cache voltage by -125mv." --> Thanks!!!

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      szsomaAuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      August 29, 2017

      Hi!
      I had to (clean) reinstall windows 10. The problem solved. Ps is working.

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        Micori
        Participant
        March 28, 2018

        hi i seem to have the same problem on a lenovo yoga which is brandnew... i already exchanged the comoputer i resetted windows i did everything to enhance the perfomrnce nothing really helped

        affinity is super fast

        i´m only on a normal ps behavior if i scale down and disable the gtx 1050

        do you have any idea what it could be

        as i´m a bit sick of installing all the time

        did you go back to windows as it was

        or download the insatlable windows

        sorry am as well jut going back from mac to pc

        thanks

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        szsomaAuthor
        Inspiring
        August 18, 2017

        Hi, I set up everything, what you advised but nothing happend. Thanks guys.
        Maybe I should reinstall windows.

        andreamaestri
        andreamaestri
        Participating Frequently
        August 17, 2017

        You should check your performance preferences, as you might need to tweak them, see more on Optimize performance Photoshop CC

        Check if basic options for GPU acceleration is enough, and be sure that you're plugging in your laptop in order to use high performance and the discrete GPU.

        davidc1815
        davidc1815
        Legend
        August 16, 2017

        I have the 9550 which works fine with CC 2017.  Do you have an Intel and Nvidia gpu in your laptop?  Is Photoshop detecting your Nvidia card?

        D Fosse
        Community Expert
        D FosseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 16, 2017

        That hack is for display scaling on legacy PS/Ai versions that didn't support 4K / UHD. It has no relevance for speed issues.

        It's most likely a video driver issue. While you wait for a driver update that may or may not fix it, try to turn GPU off entirely in both apps' Preferences. It's not essential for basic functionality. If that helps, turn it back on in Photoshop and try the basic > normal > advanced settings respectively.

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        szsomaAuthor
        Inspiring
        August 17, 2017

        Hi! Thanks for the answers!
        @D Fosse

        I turned off the GPU, but the interface lag is the same. The Layer Style window late about 4-5 sec after the double click. Right now it doesn't kick on the fan.

        @davidc1815

        Do you have the 1080p or the 4K panel? I have the latest driver from the nVidia and the Intel too.

        D Fosse
        Community Expert
        D FosseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 17, 2017

        Yeah, I should have remembered: Dual video cards do not work well with Adobe applications. Adobe warns aginst it:

        "Photoshop currently doesn't take advantage of more than one graphics processor. Using two graphics cards does not enhance Photoshop's performance.

        Multiple graphics cards with conflicting drivers can cause problems with graphics processor accelerated features in Photoshop. For best results, connect two (or more) monitors into one graphics card.

        If you have to use more than one graphics card, make sure that they are the same make and model. Otherwise, crashes and other problems can occur in Photoshop".

        https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

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