I am looking to upgrade my graphics card for phootshop editing.
I currently have an ATI HD 2600XT. Is there a better card for photo editing?
Price is not an issue.

Photoshop is CPU heavy, not GPU heavy. There is really no need to upgrade your GPU just for photo editing.

^what he said, Photoshop benefits from memory, multiple CPU's or cores, and a fast hard drive. Doesn't take much of a GPU at all, as it's not a 3D application.

So, more RAM memory is best?

Yessir. more memory and more cpu power will make your day.

I agree with runswindows95 Photoshop is more CPU and RAM bound than GPU bound. Get at least 2GB+ RAM and a Q6600 (even better when OCed) or better (ie Q9300)

Thanks guys!!

Geforce 4 MX just flies with photoshop

I thought that edited large images in photoshop benefitted from having a lot of video memory???? I had heard that 512mb on your card can free up more system ram, but maybe im wrong.

Good question, I know adobe reader can use the video card for basic 2d acceleration. But even older cards can do that.  
 
I honestly have used PS (CS mind you) on a computer with a 64 meg video card(geforce4 go 440) and did not notice any difference over my 8800gtx in that app. Now a cpu + memory upgrade yields noticeable performance increase on most actions. Some filters are still single threaded(or they are in older versions) so they will not get as much of a boost.

I use Photoshop a lot and if you want to improve performance get more ram and a faster processor. Like a q6600,q6700, e8400, or 9450. Minimum 2gigs, I would get 4gigs since its pretty cheap right now. Even with 32bit 4gigs will help. I would think the 2600XT should be sufficient.

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