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Phadrea:
Having just received my new Windows 7 computer to run Lightroom 4, I opted for the on board graphics (as advised by store) as they said photo editing is CPU dependent and the on board will do fine.

This is the motherboard

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H77V_LE/

Unfortunately when I connected my nice Dell 2209WA monitor up I could immediately tell the graphics were not as sharp, punchy as my current  Nvidea G Force 9500GT on my old machine. Quite the opposite in fact.  Have I made a boob by not getting a graphics card ?

click_click:
I have no idea what "store" employee recommended to you to get a new computed using the on-board graphics for image editing but he (most likely he) should be fired.

As you can read here: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/gpu-opengl-support-photoshop-cs4.html

Photoshop does support GPU calculations and often GPU processing power out-performs CPU calculations.

I would add a Nvidea or ATI graphics card asap. Please go to a different store.

Preferably, ask on this forum what graphics card people use.

Phadrea:
To be fair the guy builds music PC,s  which I also need it for. I am using it for both but I will get a card ASAP if anyone can make a sensible suggestion without spending a lot.

Thanks.

click_click:

--- Quote from: Herg on April 15, 2013, 17:11 ---To be fair the guy builds music PC,s  which I also need it for. I am using it for both but I will get a card ASAP if anyone can make a sensible suggestion without spending a lot.

Thanks.

--- End quote ---
I shouldn't have to point out the obvious, this guy does not care about the quality of the picture on the screen as long as the sound is ok.

I highly doubt that he is only using the on-board audio jacks as well on the music PCs that he builds...?

tab62:
Did some research for you!

I would probably have recommended the 7850, if the software he uses supports CUDA, look at a midrange NVidia card, 550/560 range.

 

 

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