photoshop elements 2026 PC spec help

Question

Hi, I am considering buying Photoshop Elements 2026 but after checking out the system requirements I would need to upgarde my 7th GEN i3 based PC first. I am on a tight budget and was wonder if anyone had any experiance or thoughts about using the following GPU and/or CPU with Elements 2026? I'll mosly be working with JPEGs from 12 and 20 megapixel cameras.

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2GB DDR5.

CPU - Intel i3 14100F.

RAM - 16GB DDR5.

I realise the GPU is old and low spec by modern standards but I require a card within my budget and with a VGA connector. Does Elemets 2026 need a dedicated GPU? I could buy an i3 14100 instead of an i3 14100F and use it's onboard GPU but I think the maximum RAM I could share in BIOS would be 1GB which falls short of the required 1.5GB.

Greg_S. · Answer

Yes, the program uses the GPU for many features. It doesn't necessarily have to be a dedicated one. But I'm guessing that even 2GB of VRAM is probably going to run into some issues.

However, having said that, the program may still run quite well on a below specs machine. The best way to figure out whether it will work on your machine is to install the 7 day free trial that is available and see for yourself.

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