Graphic processor requirements
Features requiring the graphics processor
A compatible graphics processor (also called a graphics card, video card, or GPU) lets you experience better performance with Photoshop and use more of its features. Also, display problems, performance issues, errors, or crashes can occur if your computer’s graphics processor or its driver is incompatible with Photoshop.
Features that won’t work without a GPU
If your graphics processor is unsupported or its driver is defective, the following Photoshop features won’t work:
- Perspective Warp (more information)
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- 3D
- Oil Paint
- Render – Flame, Picture Frame, and Tree
- Scrubby Zoom
- Birds Eye View
- Flick Panning
- Smooth Brush Resizing
Features that require a GPU for acceleration
- Artboards
- Camera Raw (more information)
- Image Size – Preserve Details
- Select Focus
- Blur Gallery – Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift, Path Blur, Spin Blur (OpenCL accelerated)
- Smart Sharpen (Noise Reduction – OpenCL accelerated)
- Select and Mask (OpenCL accelerated)
Tested graphics card
Adobe has tested the laptop and desktop versions of the following graphics processor card series:
- nVidia GeForce: 400, 500, 600, 700 series
- nVidia GeForce GTX 965M & 980M
- nVidia GeForce GTX 1050, 1080, 1660
- nVidia Quadro: 2000, 4000 (Windows® and Mac OS), CX, 5000, 6000, K600, K2000, K4000, K5000 (Windows® and Mac OS), M4000, M5000, P2000, P4000, P5000, T1000
- nVidia GRID K1, K2
- AMD/ATI Radeon: 5000, 6000, 7000, R7, R9 series, 7950 Mac OS
- AMD/ATI FirePro: 3800, 4800, 5800, 7800, 8800, 9800, 3900, 4900, 5900, 7900, W8100, W9100, D300, D500, D700
- AMD/ATI FireGL: W5000, W7000, W8000
- AMD RX 480
- Intel® HD Graphics: P530, P630, 5000, 515, 520
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics: P5200, P6300, P580
- Intel HD Graphics 515 and 520