GPU hardware acceleration uses 100% GPU with no performance benefit
Hello,
I have a moderately high end PC (Intel 265k, Z890 Tomahawk, 64GB RAM, RTX 3080) and Lightroom performance is literally the same as my old PC (8th gen Intel i7, 32GB RAM, GTX 1060). I have enabled GPU acceleration with all updated drivers and it hogs 100% of my VRAM instantly I start to scrub between images or zooming in. YouTube on the other monitor becomes choppy and blocky, and doesn't even play video at all.
I would get over it if the performance was somehow good. But it's not. When editing I find I have to quit and relaunch Lightroom multiple times, because masking and zooming in becomes USELESS. Then it works "fine" for 3mins and then back to lag-town.
It's actually working better and more stable with GPU acceleration turned off. But is still starts to lag like crazy.
I am editing photos from the Sony A7III which is a 7 year old camera at that point and my BRAND NEW PC can't handle it. I wonder what would happen if I would load 60+MP images.
Why did I choose this CPU? Because it had good productivity performance, AI accelerator chip, lots of cores etc. God was I naive. I actually thought Adobe would update the software to make use of the NPU (for AI masks, Generative Fill in PS etc.). Nope, maybe I will see that in my lifetime.
Adobe, please, for the love of god. Fix your freaking software, I am not the only one with these kind of BS problems. Typical example of resting on your laurels. When enough alternatives pop up you will be kindly forgotten.
That's all. I have scouted the internet for fixes and couldn't find any that actually worked for me.
I have:
-updated all the drivers
-disabled Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling
-disabled GPU HW acceleration in Lightroom
If you have anything to fix this, I will be eternally grateful.
Thanks!
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