So in my experience upgrading the CPU has far more of an impact on all image processing programs that I use (Adobes, On1, Luminar, Topaz) than the GPU being used or its settings. The difference in throughput for all image processing programs was surprising, the other hardware being unchanged. Shortly after the GPU upgrade I was forced by a dead CPU to make a one generational CPU upgrade in the same AM4 x570 socket (3700x to 5700x). I was surprised after making a major brand and generational GPU upgrade and did not see what I expected, not zero but not all that great either. In my experience both upgrading the GPU and playing with the slider settings the differences in throughput back to PS were not life-changing.

On my On1 2023 plugins used with Photoshop on a desktop machine there is a slider to set GPU usage. I don't think its simply the Xe graphics, which are pretty good for an iGPU. What hardware do you have now that you find the performance unsatisfactory? Maybe a simpler and cheaper upgrade might be your answer. I'm not impressed at all with the Xe graphics performance. It's a 14' OLED running intel 1260P with 16GB DDR5 ram. Recently I bought a Asus Zenbook laptop for my boy for his school.

If I were to choose an integrated graphics solution that's decent for graphics power intensive software, I would go AMD 7940HS laptop, launching soon either end of this month or next month. I do believe ON1 uses more graphics power than the cpu. I have problems with ON1 (slowness) and I am trying to determine whether it is the graphic card, as ON1 support thinks, or the software, which some people here think and which I think too, but I still feel the need to further investigate. Does anyone has a pc or notebook with an Intel Iris Xe Graphics? I would like to know your expierence with different photo editing software with the graphic card.

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