I need a decent Graphics card to enable me to use Open CL, DirectX and improve VRAM within Photoshop

[Steven33639232nnsv]

Hi all. I wonder if someone could help. I have just taken out a free trial on Adobe Photoshop, I am wanting to create some pet portraits (taking a photo of a dog/cat etc and putting into an historical oil painting). I am unable to open the Oil Painting section on filters. When opening Photoshop I am told OpenCL is unavilable as is DirectX and I have insufficient VRAM. I am not a computer genius, but it is obvious my NVIDIA Quadro NVS 450 is not good enough!!! However I have seen some graphics cards costing many hundreds of pounds, so would appreciate some advice on a decent graphics card I can buy that would do the job. My computer uses an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz 3.40 GHz with 32.0 GB ram.

[D Fosse]

The Quadro NVS 450 was released in 2008, so yes, well overdue for replacement. It is nowhere near meeting Photoshop's current requirements.

The optimal GPU for Photoshop today is the Nvidia RTX 40- series, ranging from the inexpensive 4050 to the high-end 4090. The sweet spot is probably the RTX 4060. It has plenty power for Photoshop, while still not being very expensive. As a budget option, the RTX 4050 should also work well.

If you can find the older RTX 3060 it will work well too, and probably a bit cheaper since it's an older product.

Just to avoid any surprises, check that the physical measurements fit into your current case. You also need to have an 8-pin PCIe power outlet/cable (standardized pins) directly from your power supply. The power from the motherboard slot is not enough (as it was with many older GPUs). A power supply of 550 watts is minimum.

[Steven33639232nnsv]

Thanks very much for your reply. Do you know if the AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB RED DRAGON would be any good for me? I have the chance to snap one up for £50.

[Steven33639232nnsv]

I have been told by someone who actually does the pet portraits I want to do on Photoshop that any graphics card that supports DirectX 12 will work well with Photoshop, would this be true? Thanks.

[D Fosse]

Er, not quite. Lots of older GPUs support DirectX 12, but that's not what Photoshop needs. The requirement is Feature Level 12 - a subtle, but significant difference. Lots of GPUs support DirectX 12, but at Feature Level 11.

Simply put, DirectX 12 is the programming language, but Feature Level 12 is what the GPU can actually do, its performance capabilities.

No experience with AMD.

[jane-e]

@Steven33639232nnsv 

If you buy a the Radeon for £50 and find it doesn't work, you will have wasted £50. When users have problems with Photoshop, many times it can be traced to the graphics card. Consider going with the good advice that @D Fosse has given you.

Jane

[Steven33639232nnsv]

That is the reason I am asking D Fosse if this card would do the job, if it does, then £50 would not be wasted

[default226m87g8o2le]

and not to forget it not only the GPU that does the processing its also the CPU amd memory i run photoshop 2024 and there is updates weekly as AI generator is improving all the time and to run a older version of photoshop is very hard because drivers etc nothing matches 

i have aMSI Geforce  RTX 4060TI  8gb and that was £350 i would say these days a decent rig would cost £1000

my specs are just for ref

MSI Tomhawk B550

750watt Modular Power supply 

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16gb DDR4 3500 PC4 2880  X 2 so 32gb

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor

[default226m87g8o2le]

there is no way £50 card  will even except the lastest  graphic drivers you really need a AM4 motherboard a Modular power supply because most GPU and two set of 4 piins and the outlets at the back have even changed there is only 1 HDMI ans 3 x displayports 1.4 ports 

[josantgomez]

He visto que tienes la opinión de de un experto como D. Fosse. Y ya tenía escrita la respuesta que sigue que parece coincidir con lo por él expresado:

Mi opinión no es experta, aunque he tenido la experiencia a la que te enfrentas, teniendo que comprar una tarjeta gráfica nueva. Elegí la Geforce NVIDIA. RTX3060. La estrené en Julio. Ha habido varias actualizaciones de Photoshop desde entonces. Y seguro que seguirán otras relacionadas con una mayor exigencia tecnológica. Un par de veces en Camera Raw he tenido que desactivar el acelerador gráfico.

Sin más problemas que reiniciar. Supongo que había acumulado muchas máscaras, muy por encima de lo normal, al menos para mi y lo que he visto en vídeos. Por tanto, temo que me quede obsoleta. Los expertos normalmente no te comentarán este aspecto porque es una mezcla de intuición-deducción. Hoy hubiese comprado, para mayor tranquilidad, en cuanto a la duración una 4060, por ejemplo. Como sabrás , Adobe recomienda el controlador Studio que es uno de los que te aparecerán al descargar el driver. El otro driver a elegir es Game, a descartar para PS. Espero haberte sido de utilidad.