Unable to activate GPU for imaging processing with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780Ti ?

[Dominique29558223e7ny]

Hello all !

I recently get a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780Ti  Graphic Card but I noticed I could not activate the GPU or image processing in CameraRaw (or LR). This is unfortunate, especially for high-GPU consuming processes, as the brand new "Denoise". Below the graphic card name I can read "Limited graphics acceleraion is enabled". I have updated the NVIDIA drivers and check everywhere but nothing works.

Does somebody have a 780Ti running well on Phtoshop and Ligthroom ? Any advice ?

I was thinking buying a new GPU (3060 for instance) but I would like to bu sure it will works. Is there a list of accepted graphic cards for Photoshop somewhere (as for Premiere: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/gpu-acceleration.html) ?

Photoshop says GPU compatibility is OK:

Thanks for you help !

[Erik Bloodaxe]

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti works fine for me. Also use RTX A4500 successfully on another PC but expensive.

[Dominique29558223e7ny]

Thanks ! 🙂

[Jeff Arola]

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 ti graphic card doesn't fully support DirectX 12, so that's the reason

for the Limited graphics acceleration in camera raw and LR.

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

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html

[D Fosse]

Yes, 780 is too old.

+1 for the RTX 3060. Works splendidly here. This is a moderately priced mid-range card, but has plenty power for Denoise in ACR/Lightroom (and anything else you can throw at it in Photoshop). Rock solid. 

I'd be curious to know if the higher numbers (3070-3080-3090) perform better with Denoise. They probably do, but so far I haven't seen any timings from these cards. But in the context of these applications, I'm not sure it's worth the extra cost. The sweet spot is often a good place to be 😉