I'm experiencing severe performance issues when working with artboards in Photoshop (v26.5.0). Despite having a high-end PC, the software becomes slow or unresponsive when dragging artboards or interacting with them.
System Specs:
CPU: Intel (8 cores / 16 threads, 3.8GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB)
RAM: 32GB
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (Build 26100.3775)
Photoshop Version: 26.5.0 x64 (March 2025 release)
What I’ve Tried:
Clean Windows reinstall
Clean GPU driver install (using latest from NVIDIA)
Tested Photoshop with and without GPU acceleration
Adjusted energy settings (High Performance mode + 100% CPU usage)
Adjusted Photoshop performance settings (Cache Levels, Legacy Compositing, etc.)
Tried with both integrated and dedicated GPU (when switching possible)
Tested different versions of Photoshop (same issue with v25.x as well)
Used task managers to confirm system resources are underused (CPU/GPU barely utilized)
Observations:
Only artboards cause the issue — standard canvas files behave normally.
GPU sits idle (0% usage) during Photoshop tasks, while other GPU-heavy apps (Premiere Pro, games, etc.) run perfectly.
Another older PC with weaker specs runs artboards more smoothly, which is confusing.
Photoshop Beta did not improve the behavior.
I suspect this may be a compatibility issue between the Photoshop GPU engine and newer Windows/NVIDIA setups.
Please let me know if this is a known issue or if there’s any advanced fix or patch available. I'm open to submitting logs, screen recordings or system info if needed.
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