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itamarm26907906
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January 22, 2024
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Laptop for photoshop and ai

  • January 22, 2024
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Hey everyone.

I am looking to get a laptop for my work and i have no clue about the system needs.

I was thinking of

Acer Predator Helios 16 Abyssal,while I paint on my wacom cintiq and use an outside screen

This is the exact detailing of the laptop itself 

Am I going to get a smooth journey or it's going to be bad ?

Big files,some ai usage.

Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i9 13900HX Raptor Lake, 16" Mini LED anti-glare 2560 × 1600 250 Hz, RAM 32GB DDR5, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12GB, SSD 2000GB, numeric keypad, backlit keyboard, webcam, USB 3.2 Gen 1, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 4-cell battery, Windows 11 Home

 

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    Lumigraphics
    Legend
    January 22, 2024

    Other than being expensive and running hot and loud, the specs are fine.

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    itamarm26907906Author
    Participant
    January 22, 2024

    Do you have other laptop in mind that is better ?

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 22, 2024

    What I would really recommend for Photoshop is a desktop machine. A laptop is never ideal for a lot of reasons, whatever the logo on the lid.

     

    But if a laptop is what you want, this should be fine once you've disabled the integrated GPU (very simple operation).

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 22, 2024

    Should be fine - except the common problem with all laptops these days: dual GPUs. You may need to completely disable the integrated GPU.

     

    Dual GPUs looks like a good idea on paper, but Photoshop (and ACR/Lightroom) uses the GPU for actual data processing. You can't send data to one GPU and get the result back from the other, so there can only be one GPU in that equation.

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    itamarm26907906Author
    Participant
    January 22, 2024

    Can you recommend a better laptop in your opinion?

    Thank you

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 22, 2024

    All laptops have dual graphics nowadays, and that's always a potential problem. But it should be simple enough to disable. See section 6 & 7 here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html 

     

    Aside from that, as I said, the specs look fine. It has a 2 TB internal drive, which is good. You need that space for Photoshop's scratch disk (temporary working data).

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