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Worth upgrading GTX970 for Lightroom/photoshop?

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Do you have your catalogue on an ssd? That helps. Ironically LR can be faster if you disable gpu acceleration.
 
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Do you have your catalogue on an ssd? That helps. Ironically LR can be faster if you disable gpu acceleration.

I have just installed a spare SSD for just this reason. Not had a chance to test it out yet.

ill have a play around with diabling the GPU too and see
 
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Doesn’t need to be light gaming! Either a 2070 non super or a 5700 (XT)

I suspect adobe works better with Nvidia (as it does intel) but may be worth looking it up.
 
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I have used image editing packages which implemented GPU acceleration and I found even if did help a bit,a faster CPU helped more.

2070 all seem to be way over £400+

would a 2060 give a nice boost in performance from a gtx970 ?

It would but at that price range an RX5700 is generally faster and has more VRAM.

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Regarding LR batch exports,the new Ryzen 3000 CPUs are very quick.

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That is from PCGamesHardware with a Nikon D800 or D810 AFAIK. Another review site also confirmed the result using a batch export with RAWs from a Canon camera:
http://www.comptoir-hardware.com/ar...70-a-ryzen-7-3700x-ryzen-9-3900x.html?start=9
 
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Batch processing in Lightroom is faster on my 2700x than my old 7700k but I still have to go and make a cup of tea. Editing tasks were more responsive/faster with my old intel chip. It’s just the way adobe products are hard wired.
 
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The Ryzen 3000 CPUs are core for core faster in Lightroom batch processing than the equivalent Intel CPUs,which the Ryzen 2000 CPUs are not - a Ryzen 7 2700X is slower than the 6C/12T Core i7 8086K,and the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 3700X is 59% faster than a 8C/16T Ryzen 7 2700X.

The most time consuming single function in Lightroom is exporting.

Puget systems also publishes extensive Adobe PS benchmarks too.

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The second one I created from the chart on their website which has a ton of HEDT CPUs included too(I omitted them).

Look at the Ryzen 7 3800X and Ryzen 3900X scores against the Core i9 9900K,and its no wonder Puget Systems rates them as similar in overall performance. The former two are between 25% to 30% faster compared to a Ryzen 7 2700X.

The Ryzen 5 3600 looks a very good mainstream choice compared to the CFL Core i5 CPUs.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...AretheRyzen3rdgenerationCPUsgoodforPhotoshop?

A lot of PS tasks are lightly threaded still - the Ryzen 3000 and Intel CFL CPUs trade blows at stock clockspeeds.
 
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I was looking at the comments on the DPReview article about it:
Horshack said:
I just did a quick test on my 6-core i7-8750H 32GB Nvidia GTX 1060 notebook, focusing on import times with full 1:1 previews, with the assumption that would utilize the same image processing engine as the develop module when it has to generate a 1:1 preview on demand (ie, when you zoom in to 1:1 without an existing preview available):

Mix of 85 Nikon Z6/Z7 raw files, 3.61GB total, all in filesystem cache:

* Import w/full 1:1 previews - Old LR: 3:29, New LR w/GPU enabled: 3:21
* Export JPGs, 80% quality - Old LR: 2:51, New LR w/GPU enabled: 2:51

Gannon Burgett DPReview adminstrator and writer said:
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@Horshack: Adam is correct, this won't be affecting anything outside of the Develop module, from my understanding. This is only meant to improve how quickly adjustments are applied to the images.

Also people are saying even slower GPUs than a GTX970 seem to be fine(and cards like the RX570) - it wouldn't surprise me one bit,if it is like what Adobe has done with GPU acceleration in the past,the realworld differences between a high end graphics card and a midrange one won't be huge.

Buy a better graphics card for gaming,but personally I don't think its worth it just for LR.

OP if you want to get a Nvidia card,I would get the RTX2060 Super over the RTX2060.

£330 8-core CPU beats 14 core Apple. Totally unsurprised, but still hilarious.

The Ryzen 5 3600 is the real gem here. Also DxO results are very strong on the new Ryzen CPUs.
 
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Well the new Lightroom update claims to now make use of GPU properly.. Time will tell. I just installed it yesterday

Also want to get back in to some gaming so happy to upgrade

the 2060 super is £100 more than the 2060. Is the performance jump worth £ 100 ?
 
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Well the new Lightroom update claims to now make use of GPU properly.. Time will tell. I just installed it yesterday

Also want to get back in to some gaming so happy to upgrade

the 2060 super is £100 more than the 2060. Is the performance jump worth £ 100 ?

More like £50 to £60,and its not only faster but the extra 2GB VRAM will be useful,especially as I have a feeling you keep your GPUs for a few years if you still have a GTX970.

The other alternative is the RX5700 which is slightly slower but also cheaper - the RX5700 starts at £320 to £330 for the reference model,and the RX5700 Pulse starts at £365 if you shop around.
 
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The Ryzen 3000 CPUs are core for core faster in Lightroom batch processing than the equivalent Intel CPUs,which the Ryzen 2000 CPUs are not - a Ryzen 7 2700X is slower than the 6C/12T Core i7 8086K,and the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 3700X is 59% faster than a 8C/16T Ryzen 7 2700X.

The most time consuming single function in Lightroom is exporting.

Puget systems also publishes extensive Adobe PS benchmarks too.

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8sDiVDB.jpg

The second one I created from the chart on their website which has a ton of HEDT CPUs included too(I omitted them).

Look at the Ryzen 7 3800X and Ryzen 3900X scores against the Core i9 9900K,and its no wonder Puget Systems rates them as similar in overall performance. The former two are between 25% to 30% faster compared to a Ryzen 7 2700X.

The Ryzen 5 3600 looks a very good mainstream choice compared to the CFL Core i5 CPUs.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...AretheRyzen3rdgenerationCPUsgoodforPhotoshop?

A lot of PS tasks are lightly threaded still - the Ryzen 3000 and Intel CFL CPUs trade blows at stock clockspeeds.
Must resist upgrading to 3900x!!!
 
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