jonbalza

That's why I've said repeatedly in this thread (at least 3 times now) to try upgrading his video drivers. He hasn't responded back yet with that info, or even what video card he has.

So because of his ignoring of the subject, I was going for other common causes of PS slowdown.

Blink

the answer is no i havent updated any video cards or drivers... i iwlll do tho...

but why should you have to update the drivers and video card when the pc is new..... and teh software is to... should it all work nicley like on prior versions

jonbalza

The reason is that Adobe chose to use an (apparantly) uncommon API call in the new version of Photoshop. Because this is not used very often, (my understanding is that it's a 2d call, not a 3d feature, which many video cards are designed for these days) some drivers may not correctly handle it. This needs to be fixed by the video card manufacturers, not Adobe.

(But that's just my non-engineers understanding of the whole issue.)

peekingrabbit

You haven't? [stuned] That's the first thing you should look with software problems like these, just as Chris Cox, he's telling us this already for years and he's 100% right.