I have an older computer that runs just fine for the things I do except the graphics card does not meant Adobe's recommendations for Lightroom and Photoshop. Adobe suggest 8GB of dedicated GPU RAM or 16GM of shared memory, a benchmark of greater than 2,000, and Direct X 12 support.
The current card is an EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Super clocked 1024MB GDDRS PCI Express 2.0. Motherboard: A Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel. Power supply: Corsair Enthusiast series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply.
I have told that my Gigabyte motherboard is a PCI Gen 2 and will not allow a PCI Gen 3 or 4 graphic card to run satisfactory, if at all. And that PCI Gen 2 cards don't come with 8 or more GB of RAM.
Is this true? If it is not, what graphics cards would you recommend? If it is true, what alternatives, short of replacing the whole computer, do I have?
I will be most appreciative of your thoughts.
I took a look. As an avid user of the Adobe suite, unfortunately, there is not a card that is going to work for you, and I have a feeling even if there was one, you would run into a problem with some other system requirements. It is very possible to build a new system that may meet the lowest requirements for less than $700. This would get you there, you can keep the PSU, Hard disk, and Case you have and just replace these parts.
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=4e194688-d1f0-476d-a7c8-a5683e8b283d
Thanks for the response. The system has an Intel Core i7-2600 Processor 3.4 Ghz 8 MB Cashe Socket LGA 1155 and 16 GB DDR3 SDRAM. Besides the graphics card, what else needs to be replaced?
The link I provided has a list of parts that will do it.
I adjusted the CPU recommendation here, it's a better one.
https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/custom-pc-builder.aspx?load=caed6290-342a-4f46-8c8b-72308fb16b80
Thanks for your effort and thoughts. I appreciate it. I'll think about your recommendations.
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