Photoshop CS4 lags incredible on Vista 64bit

KK
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Kiril_Kompanchenko
Dec 1, 2008
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Hello, i just installed Vista 64bit, downloaded all drivers, installed brand new Photoshop CS4 Trial.
When opening it i get message
"Adobe Photoshop CS4 now includes graphic card acceleratio, please visit your graphic card manufacturer and download the latest drivers" or something like that.
Well i have newest drivers i think, becouse i just recently downloaded drivers so i can play games like Crysis. So i am sure i got the latest drivers.
When using Photoshop it has a big delay, or when moving a picture arround its moving not smoth.
All other CS4 products work fine!
What should I do?

My System:
NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600M GS
AMD Turion 62 X2 TL-56 2CPUs ~1,8Ghz
2046MB Ram
Windows Vista Ultimate
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Bob Levine
Dec 1, 2008
What should I do?

Start by reading the other threads on this.

Bob
KK
Kiril_Kompanchenko
Dec 1, 2008
searched, but found nothing, could you help?
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jcates
Dec 1, 2008
Is that system a notebook?
KK
Kiril_Kompanchenko
Dec 1, 2008
dont know what you mean with "system" but yeah, sorry forgot to say, its notebook
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jcates
Dec 1, 2008
My System:

That’s what I meant.

Anyway, CS4 is a pretty demanding piece of software to be running on a notebook. Only the latest and greatest (and pricy) ones will run this type of software as smoothly as a desktop.

Also, 64-bit software is pretty much overkill for notebooks right now. A lot of your 2GB RAM is eaten by your OS alone which doesn’t leave much for apps like PS. If you can, get another 2GB for your notebook. That should help some. Also, make sure you have plenty of disk space available for scratch and, if possible, get hard drives at 7200 RPM or better.

Also check the notebook power settings to make sure they aren’t hindering it’s performance. And the usual preferences within PS itself.

As far as notebooks go, yours is pretty good. The 64-bit OS was probably unnecessary, though, unless you needed it for other apps.
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Erbs_Bischof
Dec 3, 2008
Exactly the same thing here!
PS CS4 is extreeemly sluggish and choppy with redraws and various inputs. Even small documents handle like they we´re 10 x 10 feet large. It´s beyond ridiculous.
I´m testing the trial version atm, but boxed version is on the way…

I´ve tried every possible checking and unchecking of what preferences have to offer but to no avail.

My GeForce drivers are the very, very, latest and Vista home is automatically up to date.

I keep my system neat and tidy with registry aids, defrags etc. Needles to say that PS CS 1 ran smoothly.

Specs are:
Acer Aspire 9920 (20" screen monster), 4GB RAM, 500 GB Drive, GeForce 8600M GT w. 512 MB

Lost.
Erbs
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iVan_B.
Dec 3, 2008
So far the biggest thread on the subject is here:
<http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?128@@.59b6f02c>

I spent over 2 hrs reading it through and through, but in short they’re working on the problem and they were able to replicate it on some systems.

There were some suggestions on keeping your card up to date, cranking the zoom cache between 6 and 8 (solved the problem on at least one guy’s machine, but for the most part it’s just a minor improvement, it certainly didn’t make CS4 usable for me), and turning on the "Enable OpenGL" checkbox on, but turning everything off in the advanced settings below (that helped a few more guys as well, but not everyone – myself included). I contacted nvidia today, and if I hear anything I’ll post it to the thread I mentioned.

One person suggested a simple comparison test that few of us did with similar results. create a blank white document with US paper preset. Get a 100px, 100% hard brush at 25% spacing and run it quickly side to side, top to bottom and see how much lag there is. Mine was about 6 sec behind by the time I got to the bottom (CS3 has no lag whatsoever, for example).

At least two people noted that the size of the window makes a dif. If you resize your Photoshop so it takes a small fraction of the screen, the program runs lightning fast. Bu who wants to work that way?

Anyway, patience is the name of the game. However, Adobe has been accepting returns without a say-so from what I hear – I’m running a trial version, so I can’t vouch for that though.
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Nicholas Hall
Dec 4, 2008
Have you got Nik software filters for Photoshop on your computer.

When I first put Photoshop CS4 on my system and I had the Nik software filters Photoshop CS4 was virtually unusable.
Once I had disabled the filters Photoshop was usable.

NIK

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Exactly the same thing here!
PS CS4 is extreeemly sluggish and choppy with redraws and various inputs. Even small documents handle like they we´re 10 x 10 feet large. It´s beyond ridiculous.
I´m testing the trial version atm, but boxed version is on the way…
I´ve tried every possible checking and unchecking of what preferences have to offer but to no avail.

My GeForce drivers are the very, very, latest and Vista home is automatically up to date.

I keep my system neat and tidy with registry aids, defrags etc. Needles to say that PS CS 1 ran smoothly.

Specs are:
Acer Aspire 9920 (20" screen monster), 4GB RAM, 500 GB Drive, GeForce 8600M GT w. 512 MB

Lost.
Erbs

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