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    Photoshop CS4 gpu use on a laptop

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by starstreak, Apr 29, 2009.

  1. starstreak

    starstreak Notebook Deity

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    Does anybody know how to get CS4 photoshop to work with my 8600m GT in my asus G1s B1? It doesn't recognize the gpu. Is there a setting with the drivers I use to get it to work?
    My sys information:
    nTune: 5.05.54
    Gforce video: 163.75(7.15.11.6375)

    I went as far as dloading the generic drivers from nvidia but besides keeping my gpu on(temp stayed at 72c) I still couldnt turn on that photoshop feature.

    And yes, I really did buy the cs4 software.
     
    starstreak, Apr 29, 2009
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    That is pretty odd. When I installed it on my G2S (pre-rma) I was using both nvidia and asus drivers with no issue. I would start up PS and it would prompt me to update my drivers, but from what I can remember, it did not disable the option. Did you make sure to completely uninstall your previous drivers with Driver Sweeper?
     
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  3. starstreak

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    Yeah. Driving me bonkers. Oh wait, I'm using laptopvideo2go drive inf mod, but everything else works, but just my photoshop doesn't recognize the gpu. I know this driver is openGL compatable...
     
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  4. David

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    Try use WHQL certified drivers.
     
    David, Apr 29, 2009
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    See.. I thought I did that. Would that be the drivers from Nvidia's home page? I dloaded that driver but it didn't make the GPU show up either. ;(
     
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  6. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    As an emergency fallback you can turn off the gpu enabled features, there are only a few of them and they are not that great. Until I found the fix for my slowdown problem I had them off and CS4 was just as good.

    Edit --> Preferences --> Performance --> Uncheck Enable OpenGL
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 30, 2009
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    My problem is I CAN'T enable openGl. It's greyed out.
     
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    Oh well if you cant get it working try not to sweat it, also look at the supported gpu list on adobe site, the list is pretty small and almost no mobile cards.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 30, 2009
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