The best graphics cards for Photoshop
List of tested graphics display cards for Photoshop CS4
This list of graphics display cards was tested by Adobe before the release of Photoshop CS4. They are listed by operating system, and with the amount of video RAM that was on the card during testing.
Mac OS graphics display cards
The cards below were tested with Mac OS 10.5.4 and 10.4.11.
MACTEL iMac 8800 GS 512 MB (tested only on Mac OS 10.5.4)
MACTEL 8800 GT 512 MB (tested only on Mac OS 10.5.4)
MACTEL Radeon x1900 512MB
MACTEL nVidia Quadrofx 4500 512MB
MACTEL nVidia 8600M 256MB (tested only on Mac OS 10.5.4)
PPC nVidia 7800 256MB
MACTEL ATI HD 2600 MAC 256MB
17″ MACTEL iMac x1600 128MB
Macbook Air intel GMA X3100
The following PPC cards should work without problems in Photoshop CS4 as well:
nVidia GeForce 7800 GT
nVidia Quadro FX 4500
Note: OpenGL is enabled for the 7300GT, but Advanced Drawing and 3D Acceleration are disabled due to technical issues.
Windows graphics display cards
The cards below were tested with Windows XP (Service Pack 2 and 3), and Windows Vista (Service Pack 1).
Adobe recommends that you download the latest drivers from ATI, nVidia, and Intel.
- ATI: ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
- nVidia: www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
- Intel: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/detect.htm
nVidia geForce
nVidia 260 GTX 896MB
nVidia 9800 GTX 512MB
nVidia 9600 GT 512MB
nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB
nVidia 8800 GT 512MB
nVidia 8600M 256MB
nVidia 7900 GTX 512MB
nVidia 7900 GS 256MB
nVidia 7800 GTX 256MB
nVidia 7600 256MB
nVidia 6800 256MB
nVidia Quadro
Quadro FX 4600 768 MB
Quadro FX 4500 512MB
Quadro FX 4400 512MB
Quadro FX 3700 512MB
Quadro FX 3500 256MB
Quadro FX 1700 512MB
Quadro FX 1500 256MB
Quadro FX 1400 -128MB
Quadro FX 570 -256MB
Quadro FX 370 256MB
ATI Radeon
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
Radeon x3870 x2 512MB
Radeon x2900HD 512MB
ATI Radeon HD 2400 256MB
Radeon x1900XT 512MB
ATI Radeon x1800 – 512MB
Radeon x1800 256MB
ATI Fire GL
ATI Fire GL 7700 512 MB
ATI Fire GL 7600 512 MB
Fire GL V7200 256MB
ATI Fire GL 5600 512MB
Fire GL V3600 256MB
Fire GL 3350 256 MB
25 May 2010