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Resolve issues caused by defective, unsupported, or incompatible GPU or graphics driver
With the Photoshop 23.0 release, you can run the graphics processor compatibility check to ensure your GPU is compatible:
Go to Help > GPU Compatibility and see the report dialog that opens.
Quickly determine if the issue is related to your graphics processor or driver by disabling the GPU acceleration.
If the problem goes away, continue troubleshooting by performing the GPU and graphics driver troubleshooting steps.
You may encounter GPU issues while using Photoshop on macOS 10.15.7.
As a workaround, upgrade macOS to version 11.3 (Big Sur). If you can’t update macOS version to 11.3, follow the workaround described in Photoshop and Catalina.
Updating your graphics driver can fix many issues, such as crashing, incorrectly rendered images, and performance problems.
Get driver updates directly from the video card manufacturer:
macOS
Graphics drivers are updated via operating system updates.
Windows
Windows Update won't always give you the latest and greatest drivers. You must go directly to your card manufacturer’s website to check for driver updates:
After installing the updates, relaunch Photoshop. Turn on Use Graphics Processor by choosing Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor and retry the steps that caused the problem.
If you've set your Cache Levels to 1 in Photoshop preferences, you may experience performance issues with features that take advantage of the graphics processor.
Reset the Cache Levels to the default setting, which is 4:
After relaunching Photoshop, retry the steps that caused the problem.
Resetting preferences returns Graphics Processor settings to their default status.
See Restore preference files to default.
After resetting your preferences, launch Photoshop and retry the steps that caused the problem.
a. Choose Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Performance (macOS).
b. In the Performance panel, click Advanced Settings.
c. Disable Open CL.
d. Quit and relaunch Photoshop.
If you’re changing Performance preferences to troubleshoot a problem, relaunch Photoshop after each change.
For more information on graphics processor settings preferences and how to optimize them for your workflow, see Photoshop graphics processor (GPU) FAQ.
With the August 2021 (v22.5) release, the Advanced Drawing Mode selector has been removed. For earlier versions, set Drawing Mode to Basic in step c (above).
Configuring computers with multiple graphics cards.
Ultralight laptops and low end desktops, often use an integrated graphics card that uses less power to preserve battery and shares memory with your CPU.
Higher end computers often have a discrete, dedicated graphics card that uses its own memory (VRAM), has greater processing power, and doesn't eat up RAM.
Higher end laptops ofter use two graphics cards, an integrated one when you're using the battery, and a discrete graphics card when you're plugged into an outlet.
Windows:
NVIDIA:
a. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose the NVIDIA control panel.
b. Click Manage 3D settings.
c. Click Program Settings and add Photoshop.exe and sniffer.exe. Change the preferred graphics processor to High-performance NVIDIA processor.
AMD:
a. Right-click anywhere on the desktop and choose the AMD Catalyst Control Center or Configure Switchable Graphics.
b. Click Browse and choose High Performance instead of Power Saving.
macOS:
Disable the less powerful graphics card.
If step 7 does not resolve issues when using more than one graphics card, consider disabling one of the graphics cards. Before disabling the onboard graphics card, please ensure you have the video output of your monitor connected to the dedicated graphics card.
To disable a graphics card, use the Device Manager on Windows. In the Device Manager, right-click the card's name and choose Disable.
Do not use Photoshop on a virtual machine (VM).
Running Photoshop under virtual machines (VMs) is not tested extensively nor officially supported because of known issues with features that rely on the graphics processor in VM environments.
Purchase a compatible graphics card or disable the graphics processor.
If none of the troubleshooting steps above solve the issue, your last option is to purchase a compatible graphics card, or completely disable the graphics processor using the following steps:
After performing the troubleshooting steps above, you can confirm the results by enabling the Use Graphics Processor option in the Preferences > Performance panel.
Unsure if your graphics processor or driver is the cause?
See Disable the graphics processor to quickly narrow down the issue.
Common issues caused by a defective, unsupported, graphics driver or incompatible graphics processor (also called a graphics card, video card, or GPU):
See Graphics processor (GPU) troubleshooting.
Graphics hardware error messages when you first launch Photoshop
See Graphics hardware not officially supported for 3D.
See Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver.
Features are disabled:
Camera Raw uses the graphics processor differently than Photoshop. If you experience crashes, performance issues, or incorrectly-rendered windows or objects, redraw issues, or artifacts specifically when opening files in Adobe Camera Raw:
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