GPU Acceleration Not Supported in PS CS4 Standard

I was led to believe that GPU acceleration features (like smooth zoom and rotate) were supported in the PS CS4 Standard edition. Under GPU Settings, Performance Preferences, it states "No GPU options available with Photoshop Standard". To me this is misleading advertising - I would have considered the Extended version if I had known.

Maybe this will help others not make the same disappointing assumption I have. I think Adobe should make this clear in the future. It really does make me feel slighted.

David, yes it is part of CS Standard but you need a Video card that supports Open GL, which most recent cards do. If your preference option is grayed out, then you will need to upgrade your video card in oder for those features to work.
Regards, MM

David, as Mr. Monday said: Acceleration is part of PS Standard as well, it just is not as prominent due to the program naturally being void of most functions that would benefit from it. Your card simply seems not qualified. Please do check this forum for existing threads like this one

<http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b6c155/18>

And see if any of the suggestions in them resolves your situation. If you can tell us your current graphics setup, we may be able to provide further assistance.

Mylenium

Hi David,

Unfortunately the wording in the performance preference needs rework. There is already a bug logged, but it was found too late for changes to be made.

There is no Photoshop Standard, just Photoshop and Photoshop Extended. It also fails to clearly note the condition. I apologize for the confusion it has caused. Photoshop and Photoshop Extended both support GPU acceleration features for supported cards.

The intention was to communicate that under the current conditions Photoshop can not enable any GL drawing features.

You can find more information on GPU and Photoshop CS4 in this article: <http://www.adobe.com/go/kb404898>

Regards,
steve

Thank you Steve and Mylenium for your replies. There is hope in Mudville. I'm now going to swap graphic boards with my wife's PC which seems to have a qualifying ATI X1900 board.