GPU acceleration greyed out (Ryzen 7 4800U, Vega 8)

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I am using a ThinkPad E14 Gen 2, with the Ryzen 7 4800U and integrated Vega 8 graphics.

The option for using GPU acceleration is greyed out. I looked on the internet how to fix it, but nothing so far has worked (reinstalling and updating drivers, enabling the old GPU support, removing the sniffer.exe file, etc.)

Is it the lack of VRAM which causes this problem, as Vega 8 has 512mb of video memory? I think that when the video memory fills, the GPU can also use the system memory. My laptop has 16gb of it, which I think is plenty enough for Photoshop.

I remember using Photoshop on an Intel HD 620 with hardware acceleration enabled. In my understanding Vega 8 is more powerful than HD 620, so I'm a bit confused why this isn't working.

Could it be that Photoshop just lacks the support for integrated AMD graphics?

Ged_Traynor · Accepted Answer

HiIf you're using Photoshop version 22.3.1, the system requirements have changed relating to the GPUhttps://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/system-requirements.htmlPhotoshop now requires a minimum of 2GB of VRam Also a lot of people are having issues relating to GPU detection in version 22.3.1, rolling back to version 22.3 seems to resolve the issue

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