Need a New NVIDIA Graphics Card for Photoshop

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Hi All, I have a Pro Z690-A DDR4 Mobo with i7-12700K + 750W psu with a NVIDIA 1660 GC..
I need an Upgraded graphics card in order to use the Newer Updated Photoshop. I had to default back to v 26.81 in order to still use PS.
Should I buy a 16GB or 8GB card like a 3050 0r 4060 or the below. I do not want to pay a high price for one. I do NOT game, I'm a photographer.
Your Advice will be taken into consideration. A card that takes up 2 slots only would be ideal, but if it is larger I can take out my pci-e usb card and move it down to a larger slot.
What takes up my space in the tower is the Noctua large cooler
Many Thanks.

MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16G INSPIRE 2X OC Graphics Card​

 
As a start ignore anything 8gb or below, its criminal that sub 16gb cards even exist these days.

So I've advise looking at a 4060Ti / 4070 level card. The 50 series is basically at the same level or only slightly better for a wedge more cash.
 
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Hi embalse---Problem so far is the cards are over £400. I don't Game, only Photography, so unless prices drop to my cash flow level it looks like I'll be sticking to Photoshop v26.81..I need either a 12gb or 16gb card though PS will work on an 8gb I’d prefer to have the higher gb card. Not sure if a 3050 is any good but I'm prepared to wait a bit longer. Thank You.
 
Just on another point. I left Adobe sometime ago in favour of Affinity Photo and have no regrets, which may be a cheaper option in the long run
 
embalse--If I find a Good second hand one I will buy it. I use a Trial of Affinity on my other Desktop. Still prefer PS & LRC though.
 
OK I'm going to buy the

Zotac GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Twin Edge OC 16GB GDDR7 PCI-Express Graphics Card from OCuk at £399:95.​

I hope this decision is good..
 
OK I bought the card and fitted it in. Had a bad time getting the Studio Driver to fully install. In the end I had to use the DDU to uninstall drivers in safe mode then re-install them. That worked. ALAS, the stupid NVIDIA APP will not work at all. Tried everything so far. Any ideas. I use Photoshop every day and the App is needed in Photoshop.
Do you think I should update my motherboard BIOS? Hate doing that. The 1660 8gb card worked well with the APP. But the App just opens a black box for the 5060Ti 16gb. Any ideas Please. Thanks
 
I use photoshop and lightroom and I'm sure I've used them without the nvidia app that I previously uninstalled.

I'd suggest an uninstall of the app, try photoshop and if it complains then download a fresh copy and re-install.

With my new build, I'm using a 4070TI-Super that I got 2nd hand for about the same price as your 5060Ti. It's made a big difference when using some of the masking tools such as select subject, and the AI denoise in Lightroom.
 
Hi JohnStewart-----NVIDIA just did an Update for the App of which I have installed, Alas still not working but I think it is because I need to Update my Motherboard BIOS.
The Drivers are now working since I un-installed it in Safe Mode then re-installed it and All OK with the drivers now. My other problem since installing this card is my Spyder Profile will not install at start up. I did do a re-Calibration but two days later it stopped showing at startup. At moment I not done any photoshoping or used Lightroom since install the 5060TI. I will be testing it out over the weekend. Although Adobe told me my 1660 card was not adequate for PS 26, I found after that the Update is same as with this new card so it was working...I have also installed a New NVME 500gb just for the scratch disc, so hopefully all might run quicker as well. My next decision is whether to install Windows 11 (YUK< I Hate it) just installed it on my older PC and I can't even make my taskbar wider. Grrrrrr! Thank You for your Reply to me.
 
just seen this thread and i run a similar spec intel PC as the original poster but i use the onboard graphics intel 770 for my photoshop usage - i dont game at all just photoshop usage

however in recent months it has become very slow and even worse it completely shuts down my PC altogether for the last 3 weeks it lets me edit about 3 pictures then shuts down and reboots which is beyond annoying

i ran fc/scanow on a number occasions and it told me it has fixed the problem (IT HAS NOT) Totally pig sick of this 'carry on' now so would appreciate where i go from here

it only shuts down when i use Photoshop even reinstalled it all to no avail seeing the comments about the various versions of photoshop in this thread not working i am wondering if this is where the problem is my pc bios and drivers are all upto date all input and advice welcomed
I7 Alderlake 12700 32 gb ddr4 ram 4 M.2 drives and 2 SSD Drives watercooled window 11 pro
 
I use a 12700k with a 1080GTX, not an overly heavy user of photoshop but been using it of late for layers. Noticed when painting things in there is a noticable lag but other than that it seems to work ok for me. Will be upgrading gcard at some point.

What are you doing or where are you noticing a performance issue?

Rest of my spec is 64GB of ram and running all NVME storage.
 
Matt_Hirst said:
I use a 12700k with a 1080GTX, not an overly heavy user of photoshop but been using it of late for layers. Noticed when painting things in there is a noticable lag but other than that it seems to work ok for me. Will be upgrading gcard at some point.
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Updating the brush effects and such is were an upgraded card will help most, as there will be a lot of calculations to be made.
 
Buttkicker said:
it only shuts down when i use Photoshop even reinstalled it all to no avail seeing the comments about the various versions of photoshop in this thread not working i am wondering if this is where the problem is my pc bios and drivers are all upto date all input and advice welcomed
I7 Alderlake 12700 32 gb ddr4 ram 4 M.2 drives and 2 SSD Drives watercooled window 11 pro
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Have you checked CPU temps?
 
Buttkicker said:
it only shuts down when i use Photoshop even reinstalled it all to no avail seeing the comments about the various versions of photoshop in this thread not working i am wondering if this is where the problem is my pc bios and drivers are all upto date all input and advice welcomed
I7 Alderlake 12700 32 gb ddr4 ram 4 M.2 drives and 2 SSD Drives watercooled window 11 pro
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I know you say it only happens with Photoshop, but I'd be surprised if Photoshop was responsible. I'd be looking at the normal troubleshooting for a PC spontaneously rebooting.
 
I had a Very, Very Good NVIDIA 1660 card. Then Photoshop gave me an Update for the new 2025 and adobe said I could not update it as I needed a 12 or 16mb card. So I had to buy a new card, the NVIDIA 5060 GFX 16gb card from OCuk. That even worked a bit slow at first. Since the last update to the newer 2026 it's been working better. So if you going to buy a new card make sure it is a 16gb one.
 
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