what graphics card are you using

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hi guys/gals
Upgrading my PC just ordered spyder 3 Pro & a new monitor .
What graphics card are you using wondering which is best for cs5 etc :thinking:
 
I had a new pc about 12 months ago and at the time had a 1GB NVIDIA Geoforce GTX460 GDDR5 PCI Express- DirectX11 (whatever all that means!!)
There are better NVIDIA graphics cards out now, but hope this is a starting point for you.
I use CS5 and Lightroom 3 and all works fine, pretty fast too
Dave
 
ANYTHING with 512MB or more is fine. LR/CS5 only use 2D image manipulations which can be handled fine by any graphics card you are able to buy new out there
 
Graphics card is not the most important of considerations when buying a PC for Photoshop. Any card will run t although some do allow for Open GL Drawing - Does not enhance the images in any way!

THat said I did upgrade about a year ago to a 1GB NVIDIA Geoforce GTX460 GDDR5 - cause I bought a game that my old 6600GT couldn't run.
 
arad85 said:
ANYTHING with 512MB or more is fine. LR/CS5 only use 2D image manipulations which can be handled fine by any graphics card you are able to buy new out there
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That's actually not entirely true. I don't know about Lightroom as I don't use it, but Photoshop has had the option to use OpenGL functionality since CS3 or CS4 for certain features, in which case a good graphics accelerator is actually quite important.
 
onona said:
That's actually not entirely true. I don't know about Lightroom as I don't use it, but Photoshop has had the option to use OpenGL functionality since CS3 or CS4 for certain features, in which case a good graphics accelerator is actually quite important.
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I'd like you to point me at a graphics card released in the last 5 years that doesn't have OpenGL acceleration please. The only thing PS uses anything more than 2D image manipulation for is for the 3D stuff mentioned here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405745.html

For general use, here's the list of tested cards with PS5: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/831/cpsid_83117.html

Basically, for photo manipulation, only 2D is used and anything reasonably current will do for acceleration.
 
onona said:
That's actually not entirely true. I don't know about Lightroom as I don't use it, but Photoshop has had the option to use OpenGL functionality since CS3 or CS4 for certain features, in which case a good graphics accelerator is actually quite important.
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It's NOT important unless you NEED to use open GL which only adds a couple of things that are not very important (like holding a left click to zoom - which I rarely use)!

It's not an important thing and Ps works fine with a low spec card (most recent cards have Open GL support anyway)! My old 6600GT worked fine with it.
 
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arad85 said:
I'd like you to point me at a graphics card released in the last 5 years that doesn't have OpenGL acceleration please. The only thing PS uses anything more than 2D image manipulation for is for the 3D stuff mentioned here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405745.html

For general use, here's the list of tested cards with PS5: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/831/cpsid_83117.html

Basically, for photo manipulation, only 2D is used and anything reasonably current will do for acceleration.
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Sorry, where did I say there are cards that "don't" support OpenGL? I said to make the most of Photoshop, you need a GOOD accelerator - that means being a bit pickier than just buying, as you suggested, "ANYTHING with 512Mb or more", as it's not just the amount of memory that determines a card's overall performance. I'm unsure of why you're suggesting that OpenGL is only used for 3D; OpenGL affects both 2D and 3D performance.

You don't need to link me to a list of tested cards either, I'm a longtime beta tester for Photoshop, and am more than well acquainted with their supported hardware. A list of supported hardware shows simply what will work and what doesn't; it doesn't differentiate between which ones will actually perform better.

And while some people don't use the OpenGL features, many do. I find the zooming and arbitrary canvas rotation essential for my own workflow.
 
To answer the OP's question.

I use an ATI Radeon HD4670
I paid approx £40-50 for it new and it does any PS work fine as well as satisfying my PC gaming too.
It doesn't have to be an expensive card if all your using it for is photoshop.
 
onona said:
that means being a bit pickier than just buying, as you suggested, "ANYTHING with 512Mb or more", as it's not just the amount of memory that determines a card's overall performance. I'm unsure of why you're suggesting that OpenGL is only used for 3D; OpenGL affects both 2D and 3D performance.
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ANYTHING you can buy now with 512MB or more will have enough oomph for CS5 for 99.9% of people. I've run CS5 successfully on £25 graphics cards (Nvidia 8400). Given your experience, perhaps you could quantify the performance hit for 2D operations on a low end graphics card.

To answer the OP's question, I use a passive GT450 with 1GB memory. Wanted a passive card as I have 4 PCs in the office and wanted something with some oomph as I occasionally edit video and can use the CUDA acceleration with the package I use.
 
Dual 8800 GT's but that's really because of the 3D and not 2D Software packages I use.
 
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onona said:
And while some people don't use the OpenGL features, many do. I find the zooming and arbitrary canvas rotation essential for my own workflow.
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What did you do before it was introduced though? Certainly very useful but essential?

None of the extras really make that much difference to the average user. Nice to have?.... yes, useful?..... Yes,

I would not really miss it if it wasn't there.

My older 6600GT ran things perfectly if Ps - just rubbish for 3D.
 
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