Should I upgrade my graphics card in my HP Envy for Topaz Photo 3.3.3

Hi. I purchased the HP Envy Laptop 17-cr1XXX a year ago so I could run the Topaz programs without the lag. They were doing GREAT! I am pretty sure I have plenty of laptop resources for Photo AI but it is much slower. I am thinking it might be the graphics card? (I did reinstall a few times)

I am a photographer so I truly hope to get this back up to speed if I can? Here are my laptop specs:

|—|—|
|Processor|13th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i7-13700H 1.70 GHz
|Installed RAM|64.0 GB (63.7 GB usable)
|Device ID|34F2EEEF-EEAE-434A-AC26-04158521037D
|Product ID|00342-21073-98796-AAOEM
|System type|64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
|Pen and touch|No pen or touch input is available for this display

Display/Graphics Card:
Intel(R) Iris (R) XE graphics
Graphics Max Dynamic Clock 1500 MHz
TDP 28 W
PCI Express Configurations Up to x4 Gen4

Memory Specifications

Graphics Memory Interface 128 bit
Graphics Memory Bandwidth 68 GB/s
Graphics Memory Speed 4267 Gbps

I/O Specifications

Number of Displays Supported 3
Graphics Output DP 1.4 w/ HDR, HDMI 2.0b
Max Resolution (HDMI) 4096 x 2160@60Hz
Max Resolution 7680 x 4320@60Hz

Features

H.264 Hardware Encode/Decode Yes
H.265 (HEVC) Hardware Encode/Decode Yes, 12-bit

Supported Technologies

DirectX* Support 12.1
Vulkan* Support 1
OpenGL* Support 4.6

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Adaptix™ Technology No
Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel® DL Boost) on GPU Yes

Any ideas?

Integrated graphics are not the best choice for Topaz applications I am afraid. :eyes:

Any idea what I should do then?

Get a laptop with a dedicated graphics card or a desktop PC with an equal or even better one. Or connect an external graphics card.

Ugh. Can’t afford that! This one was expensive enough lol. oh well. Slow photo AI I guess. Bummer

Oh wait! Connect an external one? Would you recommend a brand/card? I could go that route!

Ah no, I dunno, but I think the external one is expensive too! :eyes:

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