Is palit gtx 760 (2gb) video card enought for Photoshop?

[ethancote]

Hi, I am currently using a Quadro K2000 video card. It seems to do the job.

But I saw an ad for a used Palit GTX 760 2GB. I was thinking of buying it to replaced the Quadro K2000.

Is the videocard upgrade worth it? Will I see a huge improvement in peformance when using Photoshop?

COMPUTER SPEC

> I am currently using the latest Photoshop 2020 software.

> I'm using Windows 10 which is installed on a 500GB SSD drive

> computer has 16Gig of memory

Any feedback on this topic is much appreciated.

Thanks all!

[Tacafy大尉]

ethancote, good morning.
Are you considering replacing the GPU?
If that is the case, the GTX760 will be a great improvement in terms of performance.
There are user benchmark results at the link below, but there is a considerable difference between Quadro 2000K and GTX 760.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-Quadro-K2000-vs-Nvidia-GTX-760/m8356vs2159

In addition to display performance, you can also expect performance improvements for Photoshop features that use the GPU. Please refer to the help below for the functions that use the GPU.

Photoshop system requirements

[D Fosse]

I would disagree with that.A Quadro K2000 should be a superb card for Photoshop use.

Photoshop is not particularly GPU-intensive, as long as it has a reasonable amount of VRAM. 2GB is a good number. The basic requirement is that the card works, beyond that you won't notice much difference. Photoshop won't run any faster.

There is another consideration here, which is reliability. Buggy drivers is a big problem, and the main reason for buggy drivers is that the priority is running the latest games. So they cut corners.

Quadro cards aren't optimized for games, but for graphics, 3D and CAD. The quadro drivers are generally more stable for Photoshop.

How much VRAM does the Quadro have? I have a P2000 in my work machine, and it has 2GB. I don't know if there's a difference between the K and P generations.

Here's what Nvidia themselves say about the GTX760:

"GeForce GTX 760 is a powerful, feature-rich graphics card stacked with advanced gaming technologies like NVIDIA GeForce Experience, GPU Boost 2.0, PhysX, and much more. This gives you the performance edge you need to take on the latest next-generation titles. It’s serious equipment for the serious gamer."

It's pretty clear what the prorities are.

[D Fosse]

Wait a second. Isn't the 700 series pretty old? I thought the GeForces were up to 1600's by now?

[Per Berntsen]

The Quadro K2000 has 2 GB VRAM, and worked very well for me for many years on Windows 7.

I now have a new Windows 10 computer with a P2000, which I believe has 5 GB VRAM. GPU tasks are much faster than with the K2000, but this also a brand new computer with quite good specs all round.

[D Fosse]

You're absolutely right. The P2000 indeed has 5GB; I momentarily confused it with the P600 in my home machine. My bad.

So. Swapping out a perfectly fine Quadro with 2GB VRAM for a gaming card from 2013 or so seems like a bad idea.

It's true that more and more functions in Photoshop are performed in the GPU. But it's still mostly a matter of fluency. Calling Select and Mask is a case in point. It should come up instantly, and it should more or less work in real time. It shouldn't stutter and lag. If it does, or doesn't work at all, it's more likely a buggy driver than an underpowered card. If it works it works.

I can't say I notice any difference between the P2000 in my work machine, and the P600 in my home machine.

[ethancote]

Thank you kindly for the feedbacks everyone!

I might just stick with the Quadro series. I have seen other used Quadro video cards for sale.  I will try to pick these cards up instead of the gaming video cards.

Have a good day.   Cheers.