Is a GPU reccomended for a *light* photo editing PC?

[zombiehacker]

Building a PC for my mum that she'll be using to edit photos, and i'm wondering if a GPU is something i should be getting aswell.

She won't be doing any heavy editing, it'll mostly just be adding filters and basic effects around family photos. If i do need a GPU, would something like the GT 710 or 1030 be fine?

Thanks.

 

[LightInfernal]

from my knowledge, which isn't extensive.

It depends on your program used, but most times, it isn't required.

take adobe photoshop for example
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

there is a list of features that won't work w/o a graphics card, and a list of features that have degraded performance(gpu accellerated).

in general though, Photo Editing programs are more CPU intensive than GPU.

So it all depends on which features your using, from your post, it seems like you could get away without one, if the cost is too high.

happy editing.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Dont waste the money those are basic features that do not need a GPU.

 

[ghost88123]

I would say just get a gpu but not a too good one a gpu will just make things a lot faster then it is now.

 

[Rogue Leader]

I would say just get a gpu but not a too good one a gpu will just make things a lot faster then it is now.

Except that it won't. It literally will do nothing for him other than make his wallet lighter. The features he is using do not even use the benefits of a GPU.

 

[ghost88123]

I would say just get a gpu but not a too good one a gpu will just make things a lot faster then it is now.

Except that it won't. It literally will do nothing for him other than make his wallet lighter. The features he is using do not even use the benefits of a GPU.

Oh ok sorry I didn't know that

 

[Rogue Leader]

I would say just get a gpu but not a too good one a gpu will just make things a lot faster then it is now.

Except that it won't. It literally will do nothing for him other than make his wallet lighter. The features he is using do not even use the benefits of a GPU.

Oh ok sorry I didn't know that

Then maybe you should avoid answering questions that you do not know the actual answer to, and contradicting the correct answers already displayed in the thread. And thanks for the downvote.

 

[k1114]

Depending on the cpu, the igpu is more than capable. But the specs are unknown. Anything modern would be good but I don't want to assume, it maybe some old apu. Please list specs.

 

[amoline]

No, you don't need one.

I am a professional photographer and onboard graphics are good enough to even do Lightroom and basic Photoshop.

Certain elements of image editing benefit from accelerated GPU, but from the sounds of your post your mother won't be doing anything complicated like layers or lighting effect renders.

Now, if her enjoyment of photography is strong enough that she might ever do those things, you could throw in an inexpensive one if you felt like it. But don't feel like without a high power dedicated GPU that she'll be missing out.